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ReplyDeletePeople over time came up with words to describe not just new concepts but varying senses and degrees of a concept. Warmth, for example, can vary from tepid (mild, uncomfortably so) to blistering (capability of causing blisters), and even humid (moisture implied).
History is the only way of knowing why we read the way we do. Remember that in most Asian and Middle Eastern languages words are read right to left.
icouldreaditjustfineitjusttookafewmorebraincells :P I get what you're saying Jackie, and it's a great point. On a side note, have you ever read those pictures of a paragraph of writing and every time a color is mentioned, the font color is a color but not that color the text describes. For instance: there was a blue (written in red) ocean with a yellow (in green) sailboat and orange (purple) and so on... It just reminded me of that.I enjoyed your post though, it was fun.
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