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bird's-eye(adjective) As from an altitude or distance. Synonyms: panoramicUsage: Another pedestrian had entered from the other end…with an astrakhan collar to his coat on this warm night, and a black slouch hat that hid his features from my bird's-eye view.
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Apparently all they can focus on is statues and my car's windshield. Kill 'em all, God'll know his own.
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A far more interesting and less hackneyed word is the antonym of bird's-eye view, worm's-eye view; the perspective of a worm, looking from under.
A famous example of this perspective from cinema occurs in Blue Velvet when the camera appears to dive below the surface of a well-tended suburban lawn, metaphorically suggesting the seedy underground world which lies beneath the surface of conventional life.
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"Voici mon secret. Il est très simple: on ne voit bien qu'avec le cœur. L'essentiel est invisible pour les yeux."
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MTC wrote:A far more interesting and less hackneyed word is the antonym of bird's-eye view, worm's-eye view; the perspective of a worm, looking from under.
A famous example of this perspective from cinema occurs in Blue Velvet when the camera appears to dive below the surface of a well-tended suburban lawn, metaphorically suggesting the seedy underground world which lies beneath the surface of conventional life.
I'm reminded of the neologism sousveillance - the phenomenon of the watchers being scrutinised by the citizenry through cellphone cameras etc.
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And captain Birdseye frozen fish fingers. Not a marketing name because of seabirds spotting fish. It was actually a company founded by Clarence Birdseye, who invented the fast-freezing of food!  Quote:In Germany he is known as "Käpt'n Iglo", in France as "Captain Iglo" (the word "captain" being in English), in Portugal as "Capitão Iglo", in Italy as "Capitan Findus", in Spain as "Capitan Pescanova" , in Greece as Kaptain Iglo (Κάπταιν Ίγκλο) and in The Netherlands and Belgium as "Kapitein Iglo".
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Ah, yes. I remember them well, "frozen fish fingers" by Birdseye and close competitor in the States, Mrs. Paul's. Looks like "fish fingers" and "Captain Birdseye" should be translated into Esperanto, if they haven't already!
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Fond memories! Opening the package, taking out the fish, breaking off their little fingers with that cracking sound, then throwing the fat digits into the skillet to cook. Delicious!! Of course, that was before we polluted the oceans and the fish mutated into having fins instead of fingers. Those days are behind us now forever, it seems. *Sigh*. Esperanto is like Spanish, no? How would we say it?  ¿Dedos congelados de las pescas? ¿Dedocitos pescas? (Punching the satire button as hard and fast as I can.)
A great many people will think they are thinking when they are merely rearranging their prejudices. ~ William James ~
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