<span> A. Blaming someone else for social problems
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As Phoenician traders relied almost exclusively on sea routes for trade, the usual dangers they had to face were sudden storms, attacks by pirates and conflicts with the local native people living around their colonies overseas.
I believe the answer is: arbitrary
In human communication,the <span> sound of a </span>word<span> typically does not gives any hints about its meaning and this meaning would vary depending on the society where you live in.
It could on the other hand, reflected the emotion that felt by the speakers of the word when they are saying them.</span>