On 18/1/05 2:02 AM, "Christopher Walker" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> One issue is why (or how) you get temperature mapped onto charity, unless
> it's vice versa. I dislike the conventional explanation < unheated
> charitable institutions and so forth. On the other hand I'm not entirely
> unconvinced, and I don't really have anything better.
How old are such concepts as "cold" feelings, &c? I'd think they'd go
pretty far back, and must be linked to this usage?
A
Alison Croggon
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