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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Which way is forward? #121536 01/28/2004 11:36 PM Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 79 Dublin, Ireland hibernicus journeyman hibernicus journeyman Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 79 Dublin, Ireland On the subject of time, there seems to be a contradiction in the spatial imagery of future and past time. We look "forward" into the future; our best days are "ahead" (in the future) - or possibly "behind us" in the past; we "think back" to when all our brain cells were still active. On the other hand, the car was invented "before" the helicopter (more past) and I will buy a private island "after" I win the lottery (more future). Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Which way is forward? #121537 01/28/2004 11:39 PM Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 2,154 British Columbia, Canada Zed Pooh-Bah Zed Pooh-Bah Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 2,154 British Columbia, Canada We use the terms in the same ?contradictory? way speaking spatially. Although today was so busy I don't know which way is up let alone forward. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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