_Take_ v. _bring_

[Jonathan Lighter]

I see what kind of stuff you've been reading.

JL
On Sat, Feb 25, 2012 at 8:45 AM, Laurence Horn <laurence.horn at yale.edu>wrote:

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> On Feb 25, 2012, at 8:33 AM, Jonathan Lighter wrote:
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> > I've been noticing this for a number of years - but mainly in TV
> > commercials.
> >
> > If it isn't entirely unconscious (and not much in TV commercials is) it
> may
> > be because "bring" suggests abundance and coming closer to a destination
> -
> > in ads always a destination of fun, adventure, luxury, and hotties -
> while
> > "take" suggests dearth and
> > separation.
> >
> > If you think that's insane, I assure you that contemporary  literary
> > criticism reads far, far more into words like "bring" and "take" than I
> > could even begin to go into here.  Their powerful sexuality, for example.
> >
> > JL
>
> Well, "bring" is "cause to come", after all.
>
> LH
> >
> > On Sat, Feb 25, 2012 at 12:16 AM, Wilson Gray <hwgray at gmail.com> wrote:
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> >> _Bring_ your photos, docs, and videos anywhere!
> >>
> >>
> >> I'd use _take_ in this environment. But, WTF, I catch their drift and
> >> so will everybody else. The distinction is otiose.
> >>
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