_Take_ v. _bring_

[Dan Goncharoff]

I think the connection of "take" and "away" makes the word less
relevant in a cloud-based environment. Now you bring things with you
everywhere without taking them away from somewhere else.
DanG



On Sat, Feb 25, 2012 at 11:20 AM, W Brewer <brewerwa at gmail.com> wrote:
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> Take (your crap away from me) vs. Bring (your precious treasures and
> let me see). Deictic verbs, as Chuck Fillmore told us. Sending away
> vs. invitation.
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