_Take_ v. _bring_

[Laurence Horn]

On Feb 25, 2012, at 9:00 AM, Jonathan Lighter wrote:

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

Now, now.  I was alluding to such literature as

Binnick, Robert I. 1971.  Bring and come.  Linguistic Inquiry 2: 260-265.

LH

> 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
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>> Well, "bring" is "cause to come", after all.
>>
>> LH
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>>> 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!
>>>>
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>>>> 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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