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OP No, not the planet, this time. Hibernicus' cousins thread made me think of this, starting, oddly enough, with his comment about a knight's move being across and then down. From another perspective, the knight could be thought of as moving across and up. My question is:
why do we say "down through the generations" and "down through the ages"? The numbers are getting higher, right? I would rather think of us as generations leading up to whatever pinnacle awaits, not down through the generations, as though there is some unimaginably horrid and final bottom we're going to hit.
Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Which way is up? Jackie 01/28/04 04:55 PM Re: Which way is up? Wordwind 01/28/04 11:01 PM Re: Which way is up? of troy 01/29/04 01:04 AM Re: Which way is up? hibernicus 01/29/04 01:20 AM Re: Which way is up? Jackie 01/29/04 03:02 AM Re: Knight's move Faldage 01/29/04 11:32 AM Re: Knight's move in the Middle Kingdom jheem 01/29/04 01:32 PM Re: Knight's move in the Land of Sun-Origin Faldage 01/29/04 05:00 PM Re: Knight's move in the Middle Kingdom AnnaStrophic 01/29/04 11:45 PM Re: Knight's move in the Middle Kingdom jheem 01/30/04 03:28 AM Re: Knight's move in the Middle Kingdom dxb 01/30/04 10:53 AM Re: link AnnaStrophic 01/30/04 01:26 PM
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