Notes about the 8 words exercise.
8 random words given, try to divide them in 2 groups of 4 using as many different criteria as you can find. Excercise from this book.
Send me your associations if you like.
Dog
Umbrella
Fish
Car
Toothpaste
Desk
Hat
Money
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Money + Hat + Car + Umbrella
things you can store vs things you cannot store
Umbrella + Dog + Toothpaste + Hat
things that protect you from external agents vs things that do not
Dog + Umbrella + Car + Hat
things you use outside vs inside
Dog + Umbrella + Car + Desk
things that rest on the floor vs things that are floating or contained/carried
Dog + Fish + Toothpaste + Money
things that stay at home vs things that stay at the office
Car + Toothpaste + Desk + Hat (macchina + dentifricio + scrivania + cappello)
Words with 8+ letters vs words with 7- letters
Umbrella + Car + Toothpaste + Money
things you use/consume/run out vs things you don't consume
Fish + Toothpaste + Hat + Money
small things vs voluminous
Car + Desk + Hat + Money
Personal vs not personal
Dog + Fish + Car + Money
things you have to take care for vs things you don't have to
Dog + Fish + Toothpaste + Hat
things which modify their shape with time or use, vs things which do not
Dog + Fish + Car + Money
things which make me smile vs things which do not
Hat + Money + Car + Desk
things you can paint on vs things you cannot
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These are funny associatons from my friend Federica Colamaria, who I really thank for.
Umbrella + Toothpaste + Hat + Money
things you can easily grab/keep in one hand vs things you can't/can with difficulty
Dog + Fish + Money + Hat
things you can eat vs things you can't (dog is food in Asia, chocolate money, "Priest's Hat" is a meat variety)
Fish - Dog - Toothpaste - Car
things really smelling vs things not really smelling
Dog + Fish + Umbrella + Toothpaste
Damp/wet things vs dry ones
Desk + Umbrella + Toothpaste + Car
things you can open/dismantle (without damage) vs things you cannot
Money + Fish + Umbrella + Hat
things more related to time (seasons, climate, idioms...) vs things more related to space ("Time is money", "April Fool") (the toothpaste creep into teeth spaces)
Hat + Dog + Umbrella + Fish
things related to poverty vs prosperity
(Hat for charity; Dog keeps vagrant company; "a poodle life". Fish - your smell, feeling like a fish out of water). (Toothpaste - you clean and take care for yourself).
Dog + Fish + Umbrella + Money
things related to rudeness vs things related to education
("You're a dog!"; "treat somebody like dirt", "giving someone the finger" > gesto dell'ombrello, "non vali una lira")
(You take the hat off as a sign of respect; car > road education; desk > school education; toothpaste > is a good habit to wash your teeth).
Dog + Car + Umbrella + Money
things that could be dangerous vs thing which are not