I have recently read alot of stuff and I am still sifting through the insane amount of words, quotes and information inside my head that it is starting to affect the way I function in communicating with others. Often my peers nowadays have given me the "WTF are you talking about" or "Never heard of that, where did you get that from" look on the face - this might be bad for me because I am having new colleagues next month.
I theorise that it is the way how our words are phrased - often the uglier the thing sounds, it seems to hold more truth; take for example this quote from George Bernard Shaw :
Is that really true? Or is it applied to how language is constantly twisted and invented by modern media to draw attention, or is language naturally flexible to draw attention to issues?
And do new terms become cliches faster, or are they cliches-to-be in the first place?
With the repetition of big words, is English slowly becoming "Ingsoc", or is it just that people are being taught to simplify? Or is it that cognitive dissonance encourages us to ignore and not understand what we don't like to hear?
What is language and the use of it exactly, an art, or the science of communication? Why is English universally used instead of maths, which is supposed to be a "universal language"?
How can we use language in an ethical way, efficiently to convince others, and to communicate in a way where we don't offend by using a specific choice of words?
@ TRL, Ascaloth and the other language mavens of this forum : Please keep things simple. Thank you. Especially you, TRL.
I theorise that it is the way how our words are phrased - often the uglier the thing sounds, it seems to hold more truth; take for example this quote from George Bernard Shaw :
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The power of accurate observation is commonly called cynicism by those who have not got it. |
And do new terms become cliches faster, or are they cliches-to-be in the first place?
With the repetition of big words, is English slowly becoming "Ingsoc", or is it just that people are being taught to simplify? Or is it that cognitive dissonance encourages us to ignore and not understand what we don't like to hear?
What is language and the use of it exactly, an art, or the science of communication? Why is English universally used instead of maths, which is supposed to be a "universal language"?
How can we use language in an ethical way, efficiently to convince others, and to communicate in a way where we don't offend by using a specific choice of words?
@ TRL, Ascaloth and the other language mavens of this forum : Please keep things simple. Thank you. Especially you, TRL.