Language

The Jolly Contrarian’s Glossary The snippy guide to financial services lingo.™ Index — Click the ᐅ to expand: ► Glossary Comments? Questions? Suggestions? Requests? Insults? We’d love to 📧 hear from you. Sign up for our newsletter.

In the beginning was the word.

St. Matthew: understood Sapir Whorf nearly two thousand years before Sapir or Whorf did. It's all about the metaphor.

See also

• The Origins of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind - because it’s just such a good book.