tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2107060758629396184.post1164960138145755114..comments2024-03-26T23:23:06.905-07:00Comments on Blogger in Middle-earth: The Word Is A MetaphorBlogger In Middle-earthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08722634477041121797noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2107060758629396184.post-49667479476689194252008-06-18T03:57:00.000-07:002008-06-18T03:57:00.000-07:00Sarah - yoo wir luky. A-levels? Aye, spirit levels...Sarah - yoo wir luky. A-levels? Aye, spirit levels mair like. Ah didna git tae be in un inglish cless it that level whin ah wis it skool. Ah nivir kent aboot Hopkins tull ah wis a teechur.<BR/>:-)Blogger In Middle-earthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08722634477041121797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2107060758629396184.post-92177768733094820382008-06-17T13:56:00.000-07:002008-06-17T13:56:00.000-07:00Gerald 'mankey' Hopkins, as we used to call him - ...Gerald 'mankey' Hopkins, as we used to call him - that takes me back to my 'A' levels in England.<BR/><BR/>I just wanted to write a quick note to thank you for your support through the Comment Challenge. I really appreciated your comments. best wishes, SarahSarah Stewarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00480597227427423793noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2107060758629396184.post-28169229896861593092008-06-15T20:48:00.000-07:002008-06-15T20:48:00.000-07:00Hi KenGotcha!Hi Ken<BR/><BR/>Gotcha!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2107060758629396184.post-69903365089263422802008-06-15T16:11:00.000-07:002008-06-15T16:11:00.000-07:00@Kate - just a PSThe idea of writing as a metaphor...@Kate - just a PS<BR/>The idea of <A HREF="http://crozier.tangerinecs.com/crypt/halper_derrida_ofgramma.pdf" REL="nofollow">writing as a metaphor</A> is not a new one. I'm not claiming the idea as my own.<BR/><BR/>Ka kiteBlogger In Middle-earthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08722634477041121797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2107060758629396184.post-4601686264759164562008-06-15T14:40:00.000-07:002008-06-15T14:40:00.000-07:00Tēnā koe Kate!“The written word. . . is itself a ...Tēnā koe Kate!<BR/><BR/>“The written word. . . is itself a metaphor for the spoken word”<BR/><BR/>The term ‘metaphor’ has many related meanings. I use ‘metaphor’ in a broad sense in this post.<BR/><BR/>A metaphor can be a symbol. The use of symbolism is well known to poets who use words this way all the time. William Wordsworth, for instance, spent hours looking for words to use as metaphors and epithets (Dorothy Wordsworth’s Grasmere Journal). But clearly, the written word is not the same thing as the spoken word. Written words are made up of symbols (letters) and are themselves symbols for their spoken counterparts. In this way I see written words as metaphors.<BR/><BR/>Educated intelligent adults tend to take their skills and knowledge for granted. Even teachers do this. The written metaphor has to be read and interpreted as being made up of spoken words. For some learners this is a barrier, especially those with a reading difficulty. I have accepted the process of reading as an additional step that the learner has to take, however small, before written material is understood. And so for those learners who can hear, the spoken metaphor presents one less step to reach the target.<BR/><BR/>I agree that Shakespeare probably did not make up all the words attributed to him though he is often given credit for their invention. Nevertheless he is responsible for a lot of these words making in-roads to the language.<BR/><BR/>Ka kiteBlogger In Middle-earthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08722634477041121797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2107060758629396184.post-20813451722943502372008-06-15T05:52:00.000-07:002008-06-15T05:52:00.000-07:00Hi KenThe word is certainly a signifier, but I thi...Hi Ken<BR/><BR/>The word is certainly a signifier, but I think it's pushing things to infer that all words are metaphors. Also I don't quite follow why you say the best metaphor is perhaps one that's spoken, and therefore presumably heard rather than read. <BR/><BR/>It's fair to say that those many, many examples of neologisms which first appear in Shakespeare's plays were not necessarily created by him. They're just used for the first time in the first quarto and subsequent editions of his works.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com