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“It is not a case of loving the language so much you want to preserve every hair on its lovely little head. The fun comes from watching it change and working out how. Our programme on metaphor suggests that the way metaphorical language operates is a bit like the way the sea shapes the land, which is itself a metaphor. Some academics believe all language is a metaphor. For what, you might ask? And spend a delightful afternoon thinking about the answer.” That’s a simile darling.

“It is not a case of loving the language so much you want to preserve every hair on its lovely little head. The fun comes from watching it change and working out how. Our programme on metaphor suggests that the way metaphorical language operates is a bit like the way the sea shapes the land, which is itself a metaphor. Some academics believe all language is a metaphor. For what, you might ask? And spend a delightful afternoon thinking about the answer.”

That’s a simile darling.

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