December 21, 2010

  • Have you ever found that you have been pronouncing a word, or maybe name, you have never actually heard used in life, wrong the whole time?

    I know I did, still do, most likely. I think it's more common these days actually with the global mix of languages we have. We see words that don't fit out structure of language and when we try to fit them in anyway, we can't help but mangle the job.

    But guess what...

    Any word, even more so, names, are what we use to define and categorize our world. And if we get those definitions wrong in our minds how likely will it affect our perception of what we are trying to define.

     

    I wonder.

     

    but I also see...