2007-12-19 23:50:28 · 8 answers · asked by Scotty J 3 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
It depends if you're stomach is angry or just exasperated.
2007-12-20 00:16:14 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
No. The term is not a reference to a mental condition. It is the physical upheaval that can actually occur in the stomach, so it is not personification. It is an actuality.
2007-12-20 09:46:17 · answer #2 · answered by nutsfornouveau 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No. The word "upset" does not strictly refer to human emotions.
For example, you can upset the apple cart--which means you tipped it over and all the apples spilled everywere.
Since upset can also mean "make a mess of something by jostling it or other means..." (definition mine) there is no personification involved.
I think its rather the opposite. The word didnt always mean "angry, emotional"--it just meant accidentally disordered.
2007-12-20 08:03:01 · answer #3 · answered by chocolahoma 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No. Upset is not a human emotion, it just means "tipped over".
"Angry stomach" would be personification.
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2007-12-20 12:59:14 · answer #4 · answered by Kacky 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes.
The stomach is not a full person, so it can't experience emotions like a person.
To call a stomach "upset" is to give it the characteristics of a full person, which is personification.
2007-12-20 07:57:14 · answer #5 · answered by Yun 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Depends on the context. In normal conversation, "No". It means the same as, my stomach doesn't feel good.
But ina book about body parts, where the foot just kicked the stomach, you could speak of an 'upset stomach' personified.
2007-12-20 13:17:08 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
hi,
no,this term isn't personification as 'upset' here doesn't signify 'sadness'. the quality or feeling of sadness hasn't been given to stomach. its just a term which means you are not well
2007-12-20 07:57:44 · answer #7 · answered by nix 2 · 2⤊ 1⤋
I don't think so, because we don't think our stomachs have been offended by anything. It is more of a euphemism, as people would say it to avoid being indelicate about food poisoning, or vomiting & diarrhoea.
2007-12-20 07:56:33 · answer #8 · answered by derfini 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋