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Metaphor Hacker's avatar

You might be interested in the concept of 'basic-level categories' which would make a good companion to the 'middle distance' and would provide more examples. Well treated in Lakoff's 'Women, Fire and Dangerous Things' that also explores the consequences.

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Caperu_Wesperizzon's avatar

I thought the cat pictures would be like this: <https://xkcd.com/26/>.

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Lucy Keer's avatar

Haha, I'd forgotten about that xkcd but yes they should be!

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Frank Lantz's avatar

Love this.

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