The Boundaries of Language

Wise words from Reddit, and I agree to a certain point: We experience the world in words, and they often can't cover what we see, feel, fear or are longing for. However, to convey our feelings to others, whatever they are, we also have to resort to words, which may not always do the job, so to speak. That means that both our own experience and our means of conveying it to others may not be clear to us because the words are faulty or not fitting: Absolutely, a double-trouble to everyone. 

The need of a mutual vocabulary is made evident when one has to learn and use a foreign language. There are "shades" in certain words or wordings that form a sort of "language in the language", telling the world that one doesn't command that particular language. That's when the people one is talking to come to realize that there may be grave misunderstandings afoot. An observation, which doesn't do much for the conversation.

And then there is body language. With the thumbs into his belt, tRump signals something on this line: "I'm a real man, and proud to be." His tiny hands are noticeable, but nothing one can blame him for even though he has an annoying way of waving them at people. As to his body tilt when standing, and his often rather wide turn of his torso when speaking then they indicate something that takes an interpretation, and more likely than not, some discussions.

When it comes to the meaning of particular words education and general knowledge are very important, and I admit that I'm very surprised at the extreme ignorance of many Americans. These people are far behind in fields that they should have been taught at school, but weren't. For instance, MAGA love to call everything they don't like "Communism" or "libtard", but they don't even know what these words mean. They're too uneducated to know that when they themselves demand that the government takes control of the means of production and prevent the free market from shutting down a failing plant, THAT's Communism. Because "Communism" has been turned into an insulting word which is used about a lot of things that's not even political it has no genuine meaning for them.

 

https://boobytrapec.blogspot.com/2025/11/hands-and-shoulders-telling-story.html 

 

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