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Post by bunny boiler on Sept 15, 2017 6:43:01 GMT 7
In an attempt to enlarge the vocabulary use of Mangoers post one a day. Third-Culture KidAs advances in technology and transportation make global connection easier, more cultures are intersecting than ever before. And when culture changes, language tends to follow. One related term being seen with increasing frequency is third-culture kid, i.e. a child who grows up in a culture different from the one in which his or her parents grew up. www.merriam-webster.com/words-at-play/third-culture-kid |
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Post by bunny boiler on Sept 16, 2017 15:37:56 GMT 7
Allegory
:the expression by means of symbolic fictional figures and actions of truths or generalizations about human existence a writer known for his use of allegory; also :an instance (as in a story or painting) of such expression The poem is an allegory of love and jealousy.
:a symbolic representation :
He saw thousands of Buddhas lined up in trays in the tourist shops … some in lead, some in wood, some carved in stone and dressed in a little knitted caps and capes. He came to see in this ubiquitous phenomenon the Buddha's godlike propensity for self-division, the endless fractioning of himself into every perceivable aspect, an allegory made by the people of Japan from the cellular process of life. —E. L. Doctorow, Loon Lake, 1979
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rubl
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Post by rubl on Sept 16, 2017 17:59:49 GMT 7
In an attempt to enlarge the vocabulary use of Mangoers post one a day. Third-Culture KidAs advances in technology and transportation make global connection easier, more cultures are intersecting than ever before. And when culture changes, language tends to follow. One related term being seen with increasing frequency is third-culture kid, i.e. a child who grows up in a culture different from the one in which his or her parents grew up. www.merriam-webster.com/words-at-play/third-culture-kid" i.e. a child who grows up in a culture different from the one in which his or her parents grew up." One of the complaints I hear from 'older' people is that things are no longer as they were when they grew up. Seems you don't have to emigrate to become a 'third-culture kid'  |
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siampolee
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Post by siampolee on Sept 16, 2017 18:26:49 GMT 7
This little ditty says it all.
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