tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6327348657265652781.post6238000672017136969..comments2023-10-03T11:41:21.191+01:00Comments on The Truth About Lies: Wot's this phor? (part one)Jim Murdochhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12786388638146471193noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6327348657265652781.post-44719036149118534452008-04-22T22:18:00.000+01:002008-04-22T22:18:00.000+01:00Thank you, Grandma Julie, Inkweaver, Ken - and the...Thank you, Grandma Julie, Inkweaver, Ken - and there's more to come on Thursday.Jim Murdochhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12786388638146471193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6327348657265652781.post-84287720124983093032008-04-22T17:59:00.000+01:002008-04-22T17:59:00.000+01:00I think I'll stick with the easy bits at the start...I think I'll stick with the easy bits at the start... but fascinating, definitely.<BR/><BR/>Great to see a little quote from 'Cabaret' - my favorite musical. I have half-a-post done about it... somewhere.Ken Armstronghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07775956557261111127noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6327348657265652781.post-25946914322934741642008-04-22T16:38:00.000+01:002008-04-22T16:38:00.000+01:00Very educational post. Thanks for sharing all thi...Very educational post. Thanks for sharing all this information.<BR/><BR/>NathanKP - <A HREF="http://inkweaver-review.blogspot.com" REL="nofollow">Inkweaver Review</A>NathanKPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11778888923964317040noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6327348657265652781.post-1679783852142957582008-04-22T15:47:00.000+01:002008-04-22T15:47:00.000+01:00Now, having gone through am excellent short course...Now, having gone through am excellent short course on simile and metaphor, I would like to go back to my writing and explore how best I could put it to use. <BR/><BR/>Thank youGrandma Juliahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14956181805640003151noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6327348657265652781.post-25512310153557824732008-04-22T14:56:00.000+01:002008-04-22T14:56:00.000+01:00You have got to be joking, Dave. You would be surp...You have got to be joking, Dave. You would be surprised with how little there is in my head. I research everything I put up. There is so much available on the Web on this subject but it's all over the joint. What I tried to do was bring it all together in one place. I honestly did start off doing this just for myself but got carried away. I know at the end of the day this is really just a long list but I really wanted to show just how flexible metaphors actually are.Jim Murdochhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12786388638146471193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6327348657265652781.post-80573653647979916982008-04-22T14:43:00.000+01:002008-04-22T14:43:00.000+01:00Thanks for that Jim, I followed it all with a grea...Thanks for that Jim, I followed it all with a great deal of interest and not a little amusement. I think I may keep your post beside me as a reference when I am reading literary reviews in the future. Don't reviewers just love such technicalities! Good to look over the course occasionally, though. Well researched - or was it all there in your head the whole time?Dave Kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08430484174826768488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6327348657265652781.post-49907925888951856372008-04-22T10:09:00.000+01:002008-04-22T10:09:00.000+01:00Waterrose, you're very welcome.Tom, you and me too...<B>Waterrose</B>, you're very welcome.<BR/><BR/><B>Tom</B>, you and me too. The more I searched the Internet, the more examples kept appearing. I've just done my best to collate and organise them.Jim Murdochhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12786388638146471193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6327348657265652781.post-56777454266946005392008-04-22T03:31:00.000+01:002008-04-22T03:31:00.000+01:00Heya, Jim, you were so right when you mentioned in...Heya, Jim, you were so right when you mentioned in an earlier comment that I had no idea how in depth and involved metaphors are. I quite like Orwell’s definition; I’m into simple concepts and explanations = )<BR/><BR/>I had no idea there was so much to metaphors, and so many various classes and the differences between each class- congratulations on what is an informative, and educational post that helps demystify much about the not so simple metaphor. <BR/><BR/>Cheers,<BR/><BR/>Tom.Akemi Itohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07343730872343956629noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6327348657265652781.post-25722598792349537802008-04-22T03:07:00.000+01:002008-04-22T03:07:00.000+01:00Thank you for helping me retain my brain cells tod...Thank you for helping me retain my brain cells today.Waterrosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07422788758188500128noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6327348657265652781.post-60570151707124341052008-04-21T19:13:00.000+01:002008-04-21T19:13:00.000+01:00Thanks for that Catherine. I've always been fascin...Thanks for that <B>Catherine</B>. I've always been fascinated with how language is constructed. When I was about nine we had a very old-fashioned teacher called Miss Stirling who was obsessed with sentence deconstruction. I have no idea if it's taught in schools but even if it is it won't be given the kind of attention she gave it. It's stood me in good stead over these years. No one, not even me, is going to remember everything in this post (and you've not read Part II yet) but I wanted to get people to appreciate just how picturesque language is and this is something that's not reserved for the poets. I'll be honest I think my prose is more poetic than my poetry.<BR/><BR/><B>Jena</B> - love the metaphor. That really is the beauty of language that we don't need to select from a list, we can make up new words and new figures of speech any time we want. I think it's important though to realise that, even if we don't know the precise terms for what were working with, language has an underlying structure and that's a part of its beauty.<BR/><BR/>And <B>"desperate"</B>, glad to be able to provide the refresher. Hope you stick around for Part II which'll be up on Thursday.Jim Murdochhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12786388638146471193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6327348657265652781.post-18490594864900580382008-04-21T13:33:00.000+01:002008-04-21T13:33:00.000+01:00great! good to have a refresher once in a while!great! good to have a refresher once in a while!desperatebloggerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07394474557855361562noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6327348657265652781.post-27672062805291015062008-04-21T11:54:00.000+01:002008-04-21T11:54:00.000+01:00That was ....(what metaphor or simile would be mos...That was ....(what metaphor or simile would be most appropriate?) like a maze in the forest? lol... You know all these complicated things? That is a feat. I use words and sentences not knowing whether they are metaphors, similes or whatever, but thanks for those gems of information.Jena Islehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11876651023863675213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6327348657265652781.post-76257476681255867112008-04-21T10:37:00.000+01:002008-04-21T10:37:00.000+01:00That was absolutely fascinating (and I managed to ...That was absolutely fascinating (and I managed to follow it all even on a Monday morning). <BR/>I'm with you on the very simple definitions of simile and metaphor - definitely the easiest way to remember which is which - but I never realised that metaphors could be divided into so many sub-species... It's made me realise that I use metaphors on a very frequent basis without even realising!Catherine @ Sharp Wordshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12988193118089559894noreply@blogger.com