Metaphor means a carrying across. All speech is metaphoric becau… — “Radio and TV vs the ABCED-Minded”, in Explorations 5, June (1955), p 16 ,reprinted in Marshall McLuhan Essays Media Research: Technology Art Communication, (1997), p 84

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Metaphor means a carrying across. All speech is metaphoric because any oral sound is a gesture towards externalizing an inner gesture of the mind.

“Radio and TV vs the ABCED-Minded”, in Explorations 5, June (1955), p 16 ,reprinted in Marshall McLuhan Essays Media Research: Technology Art Communication, (1997), p 84

Quote #259

Year: 1955

Chapter: Analogy