Pronunciation
General Questions
Ahhh yes sign language. As beautiful as well thought out poetic spoken word can be, it is pretty much useless in the big picture. Think about how subjective every word can be. Anyone who is clever enough can interpret any word or set of words to mean absolutely anything and still somehow be correct. Verbal language, in my opinion is just art. The only objective form of expression is body. We communicate more with how we stand, how we move, how we sit, etc. than we ever could with words. Smiles, frowns, sneers, grins, there is no mistaking the language of our body. Someone can tell you something and it may or may not be true, but anyone who has enough awareness of subtlety can see right through a half hearted smile , or a see the suppression of a toothy grin behind the guise of a frown.One of my favorite, and in my opinion most interesting bible stories is the tower of babble. What if we were as advanced as animals, to be able to communicate effortlessly with our bodies. Have you ever really watched a swarm of gnats. Look how fast they move and how close together they are yet they NEVER collide. That kind of efficiency of communication is remarkable. Its almost magnetic. It makes me laugh when we praise our species for the ability to communicate verbally. As I said, I do love words and their artistic potential, but they are truly inefficient relative to the communication mediums of our animal friends. Its funny that we are so shocked when certain animals can be trained to speak or sign using our verbal language. It never occurs to most people that when animals learn our language they most likely find it very limiting. Think about all the times you have an image in your mind yet you just can not find the words to express it sufficiently. Even when you get the words you are invariably dissapointed in that the idea seems drastically undercut by simple static verbiage. If we push beyond our so called "advances" and learn from our friends on this earth we may eventually broaden our communication to inconceivable heights. Telepathy is only far fetched to those who are attached to a static reality. How often do you "just know" what someone is going to say, or hear someone say exactly what you were thinking. We tend to shrug off these phenomena as coincidence. If we keep an open mind and expand our awareness we can see the logic and science involved. The subtle vibrations that are emitted by our thoughts and gestures are the most efficient form of communication when one becomes sensitive enough.
this turned into quite a rant...
Alden said: Didjeridurian said: I love this post.
I prefer the English(British) pronunciation of most words.... There appears to be more respect for the art of linguistics across the pond.
Amen! Tho I have to say my person preference of language is Sign Language, it captivates me. It's such a beautiful way of communicating.
And the 'usage' thing kills me! Hearing someone say "irregardless, blah blah blah" when they should have said 'regardless' instead makes me cringe with the thought of the uneducated Americans who want to complain about other races not speaking English when they aren't able to speak their own native tongue properly!!!!
AAAAHHH I need a cigarette!!!
