[FUNKNET] 'Hear' as 'understand'

[Jeroen Wiedenhof]

What about English?

– I hear you man, I know how it feels!
<http://tinyurl.com/y97wv9o>

– I hear you about the whole “fake friendship” thing.
<http://tinyurl.com/ylfgmfn>

– (with double entendre) Sick of High Phone Bills? I Hear You
<http://tinyurl.com/yz5x4rq>


Jeroen Wiedenhof
Leiden

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<Paul Hopper> schreef op 2/1/10 9:50 PM:
> French entendre would be an obvious example.
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> On Mon, February 1, 2010 14:37, Nino Amiridze wrote:
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>> Dear colleagues,
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>> I was wondering whether you could help me in finding languages that
>> use the verb 'hear' for 'understand', just like English uses 'see' for the
>> same purpose (I see (=I understand)).
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>> I would be grateful if you could give data and/or references, if there
>> are investigations on the use of the 'see' vs. 'hear' verbs in figurative
>> language.
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>> Thank you very much.
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>> Best regards,
>> Nino Amiridze
>> http://www.hum.uu.nl/medewerkers/n.amiridze/
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