Grunt4019@lemm.ee to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 23 days agoWhy do we say, "when I look in the mirror" instead of "when I look in a mirror?"message-squaremessage-square44fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1message-squareWhy do we say, "when I look in the mirror" instead of "when I look in a mirror?"Grunt4019@lemm.ee to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 23 days agomessage-square44fedilink
minus-squarekakes@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up0·edit-223 days agoI feel like it has to do with the “mystical” or metaphorical perception of mirrors, especially early on. Like, as if looking “into a mirror” is analogous to looking “into a (or rather: the) mirror world”, if that makes sense. Kind of the same reason we use the preposition “in” or “into” rather than the more physically correct “at”.
I feel like it has to do with the “mystical” or metaphorical perception of mirrors, especially early on.
Like, as if looking “into a mirror” is analogous to looking “into a (or rather: the) mirror world”, if that makes sense.
Kind of the same reason we use the preposition “in” or “into” rather than the more physically correct “at”.