Timeline for Do 'learn by heart' & 'learn by rote' mean the same?
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| Nov 27, 2013 at 11:45 | comment | added | Damkerng T. | Oops sorry, I didn't mean to post it as an answer. (But it might be too long anyway.) Typing through an iPad is not very fun. :( | |
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| Nov 27, 2013 at 11:38 | comment | added | WS2 | @DamkerngT. I will edit my answer to take account of what you have said. It is interesting. | |
| Nov 27, 2013 at 11:35 | comment | added | WS2 | @DamkerngT. So what is the subtle distinction in meaning between 'by heart' and 'by rote'? I take it 'jingles' are 'by heart' since they sound warm and cuddly. But you are the first to indicate a difference in meaning, so would it be possible, for the benefit of the OP to put some flesh on the idea. | |
| Nov 27, 2013 at 10:38 | comment | added | Damkerng T. | I would like to add that "learning by rote" is not the only way to "learn by heart". Jingles are good examples. I don't know how many jingles that I learned (unconsciously) without having to learn them "by rote". | |
| Nov 27, 2013 at 9:35 | comment | added | Edwin Ashworth | This is a lovely example (sadly) where the denotations are virtually identical but the connotations (as you say) are, probably by design, widely divergent. Of course, 'by heart' emphasises the wholesome (and heart-warming and even fun) internalising / end product, whereas 'by rote' emphasises the tedious slog involved in the process. | |
| Nov 27, 2013 at 9:19 | comment | added | mplungjan | I would myself learn to spell some words by heart. I was never exposed to a teacher standing in front of class going "D-O-G, dog, C-A-T, cat" or similar and the kids are repeating in choir, which is what I think of when I hear "learn by rote" | |
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| Nov 27, 2013 at 8:57 | history | answered | WS2 | CC BY-SA 3.0 |