"Near" Is a Relative Term
May. 12th, 2013 10:32 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
stoutfellowJust now, I decided to look for nearby locations that would recycle fluorescent tubes. (CFLs I already know about.) I found my way to a website offering searches on such questions. I queried on "fluorescent tubes near Edwardsville, IL", and got a little over a page of results. Alas, the nearest such site is in Fairview Heights, which is a bit too far away for me.
The list, which included thirteen items, also named locations in Seattle, Rancho Cucamonga, and Palmerton PA.
Irrelevant linguistic note: "near" originated as the comparative form of "nigh"; as the latter went out of fashion, "near" shifted to the positive position and "nearer" and "nearest" were coined for the comparative and superlative. (The superlative of "nigh" also survived, as "next".)
The list, which included thirteen items, also named locations in Seattle, Rancho Cucamonga, and Palmerton PA.
Irrelevant linguistic note: "near" originated as the comparative form of "nigh"; as the latter went out of fashion, "near" shifted to the positive position and "nearer" and "nearest" were coined for the comparative and superlative. (The superlative of "nigh" also survived, as "next".)
