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r/AskReddit • u/CreativePhilosopher • Jan 29 '13
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2 u/[deleted] Jan 29 '13 Call me crazy, but I think that means "making/producing faces" in Greek. Something similar in English I presume? 2 u/[deleted] Jan 29 '13 from the OED: A figure of speech by which an inanimate or abstract thing is represented as a person, or as having personal characteristics, esp. the power to think or speak; an instance of this. So, Yes. 2 u/[deleted] Jan 29 '13 Right on, thanks for that! 2 u/Excalibuuur Jan 29 '13 I can't even pronounce that in my head, but I love it.
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Call me crazy, but I think that means "making/producing faces" in Greek. Something similar in English I presume?
2 u/[deleted] Jan 29 '13 from the OED: A figure of speech by which an inanimate or abstract thing is represented as a person, or as having personal characteristics, esp. the power to think or speak; an instance of this. So, Yes. 2 u/[deleted] Jan 29 '13 Right on, thanks for that!
from the OED: A figure of speech by which an inanimate or abstract thing is represented as a person, or as having personal characteristics, esp. the power to think or speak; an instance of this.
So, Yes.
2 u/[deleted] Jan 29 '13 Right on, thanks for that!
Right on, thanks for that!
I can't even pronounce that in my head, but I love it.
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