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Topic	What is the history behind the phrase, 'common sense'?
LuciferSage 12/24/20 12:30:05 AM #6:	SKARDAVNELNATE posted... I found this for you. https://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/common-sense.html The actually meaning, I think, is similar to "it goes without saying" or "it stands to reason". You are just supposae to agree without it being explained to you. To be fair, 14th century might be as far back as a modern english speaker could go back and have any chance at all of being understood or understanding what was said any more than you'd understand Swahili. And even then, despite being a primary "English speaker", you'd be speaking/reading/hearing it at the level of a toddler. That far back, English would be a foreign language, but you'd understand it in the same way that a native Spanish speaker now could follow Latin. --- http://i170.photobucket.com/albums/u260/luciferxsage/LxSsigFinal.png pigs we get what pigs deserve... -\|\\| \| \|/\| <cite>LuciferSage posted [p:948699501] in What is th... [t:79195997]...</cite> <quote>SKARDAVNELNATE posted... </cite> <quote>I found this for you. https://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/common-sense.html The actually meaning, I think, is similar to "it goes without saying" or "it stands to reason". You are just supposae to agree without it being explained to you.</quote> To be fair, 14th century might be as far back as a modern english speaker could go back and have any chance at all of being understood or understanding what was said any more than you'd understand Swahili. And even then, despite being a primary "English speaker", you'd be speaking/reading/hearing it at the level of a toddler. That far back, English would be a foreign language, but you'd understand it in the same way that a native Spanish speaker now could follow Latin. --- http://i170.photobucket.com/albums/u260/luciferxsage/LxSsigFinal.png pigs we get what pigs deserve... -\|\\| \| \|/\|</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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