The world is round, so why do we (still) talk about people from 'every corner of the world/globe/planet'?
A round world cannot have corners as such.
2007-08-28 05:14:58 · 5 answers · asked by Steve The Rookie 2 in Education & Reference ➔ Trivia
People didn't always know the world was a sphere. For centuries people though it was flat. I imagine if came from that belief
2007-08-28 10:53:05 · answer #1 · answered by Kay 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If the world did have corners, that is where people would come from.
2007-08-28 12:35:39 · answer #2 · answered by veg_rose 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I suppose because it rolls off the tongue better than "every fixed point on the surface of this semi-spherical orb" does.
2007-08-28 13:43:31 · answer #3 · answered by The Corinthian 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
now i can see why your called steve the rookie it,s a phrase
that,s used when there,s a large mass of people some where.
2007-08-28 19:24:33 · answer #4 · answered by atlantismeditation@sbcglobal.net 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
word play I guess. How else would you say it. from every curve of the earth??
2007-08-31 09:52:37 · answer #5 · answered by salamander492 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋