How do people organize sound, form a word out of it; and give that word a specific meaning?
In: Culture
Same way we give anything meaning: enough people just agree that this sounds means that shit.
Do you think cavemen thought diamonds are THE thing to get for that fetching cavegirl over yonder? No. At some point a bunch of people decided getting a girl a ring means something, a ring with a diamond means even more.
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