http://prairieskygroup.com/2011/01/24/metaphor-1-you-cant-put-a-duck-bill-on-a-beaver-and-call-it-a-platypus/ Sat, 02 Aug 2014 20:10:57 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.2.38 http://prairieskygroup.com/2011/01/24/metaphor-1-you-cant-put-a-duck-bill-on-a-beaver-and-call-it-a-platypus/#comment-35 Mon, 24 Jan 2011 17:59:38 +0000 http://prairieskygroup.com/?p=620#comment-35 One add-on, remember that metaphor is VERY culturally specific and you can get in trouble if you are not careful when working with people from different cultural backgrounds. You need to be able to ‘switch off’ your use of metaphor in some situations to make sure communication works, even better if you can switch to the context your audience brings to the table (something I cannot do).

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