Aug 18
this is probably because i’m an amateur linguist,
but i seriously think about 80% of problems would go away if people put more effort into understanding what the words they use actually mean.
But use defines meaning. If meaning comes from use and a word’s usefulness is its meaning, then you use meaning as you mean to use it.
I thought very intently about both the uses and the meanings of the words “use” and “mean” in writing this post but by the end I think we end up with more than 80% of a problem in what in the world I’m trying to say.
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“Die Bedeutung eines Wortes ist sein Gebrauch in der Sprache.” (‘The meaning of a word is its use in the language.’) -...
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I also bolded for emphasis because that’s precisely it.
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I also bolded for emphasis because that’s precisely it.
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If Dr. Seuss wrote linguistics, this is what it would sound like I’m pretty sure. Now one of you put on a funny hat.
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Bolded for emphasis. Words mean exactly what their speakers intend them to mean, and are only meaningful because people...
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