Episode 116: A Quiverful of Time Arrows

We look at the history of English’s conceptualization of time, and update Mark’s research on spatiotemporal metaphor. Also, words for arrows, the surprising origin of ‘toxic’, and a bit of Latin poetry!

Blue Arrow cocktail

Bow and Arrow cocktail

Old English Schemata

Old Norse Schemata

Latin Schemata

Anglo-Norman Schemata