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Soheil1 Posted 13 years ago
Vocabulary

Community

Hi.
What's the difference between 'everyone in your community' and 'everyone around you'?

Thanks in advance!
  

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'Community' can mean many different things. Typically it can mean 'those people who live near you', so it would be different from 'everyone around you' as excluding those who are just passing through or visiting. It can also mean people who share a common interest (for example, a poetry community), sexuality or lifestyle.

— Jherad

  • 'Community' can mean many different things.
  • Typically it can mean 'those people who live near you', so it would be different from 'everyone around you' as excluding those who are just passing through or visiting.
  • It can also mean people who share a common interest (for example, a poetry community), sexuality or lifestyle.
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'Community' can mean many different things. Typically it can mean 'those people who live near you', so it would be different from 'everyone around you' as excluding those who are just passing through or visiting. It can also mean people who share a common interest (for example, a poetry community), sexuality or lifestyle.
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Does the context help?

If you live in a ghost town or if everyone in your community thinks that chess is part of your anatomy where your heart resides, consider buying a computer.
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I would take this to mean the village/neighborhood/town etc. where you live. The point is, that if you live somewhere where there are no other people, or where the other people who live there do not play chess, you should get a computer. (Presumably, in order to provide you with an opponent)
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If you live in a ghost town or if everyone in your community thinks that chess is part of your anatomy where your heart resides, consider buying a computer.

The writer is suggesting (perhaps facetiously, perhaps not) that people who don' t play chess may confuse the word 'chess' with the word 'chest' because they sound similar. Good luck with translating this
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CliveGood luck with translating this into Farsi!
Oof! I'll second that. Emotion: smile

CJ
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And what is the implication of that?

Means that 'No one in your community knows about chess'?
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soheil1And what is the implication of that?Means that 'No one in your community knows about chess'?
Yes.
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like they think that chess is a UFO.
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It would suggest that they know so little of chess that even the word is unfamiliar, so when you say chess they think you must be saying chest.
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