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Torre a mare - an invitation

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Published: 31 Mar 2023 › Updated: 31 Mar 2023Torre a mare - an invitation

Torre a mare - an invitation

There are people who associate words that sound the same but mean different things. However strange this practice may seem, it is probably not that senseless.
One of the types of word formation is onomatopoeia (which literally means name-making). Words that are considered to be onomatopoeic are believed to sound in a way that somehow reflects their meaning.
The phenomenon often relates to simple words, especially those imitating animal sounds. However, some people seek to discover deeper meaning in other words, both sophisticated and common, used by ordinary people in everyday life. It is hard to determine whether the word is onomatopoeic, partly because words often come a long journey and change their meaning many times. For example, it is probably not that obvious that the word sanction used contemporarily to describe a negative reaction to someone's behavior originates from the latin word "sanctum", which is used to describe things sacred, belonging to the realm of perfect beauty and goodness. That is to say, there may be some truth in the statement that things are not always the way they seem at the first glance.
The wordplay in the name of this profile relates to two Italian words: "a mare" (by the sea) and amare (to love). Even though the full name reveals the fact that the first meaning makes more sense in the given context ("torre a mare" means tower by the sea), feel free not to limit yourself to this interpretation. After all, the world is perceived, understood and made sense of through meanings we ascribe to the things that surround us. Treat this as an invitation to cross the established boundaries, also the ones you create for yourself.

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