I try to avoid making intellectual mistakes by thinking things through before I speak it. I have to admit that I have slipped a few times especially with friends and family. For me it is easier to make this mistake with people I am close to because there reaches a point where I feel comfortable speaking my mind and I blabber on about things without thought of how it can affect the people around me at the time.
I’m almost positive that these mistakes happen every day and all around the world. Especially now in days when most of the talking isn’t even done in person anymore… One word in a text can change the entire meaning or idea you were going for. These mistakes can become offensive to certain audiences and can have a different meaning to people with different thoughts and religion.
I definitely think that the same misunderstanding can occur across cultures, nations, and continents. People misinterpret phrases and statements all the time and I do believe that the way we misuse phrases and quotations may tell us something about how our brains work and how much we really know…
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I agree about one word can change or color a communication (to put it as Lanham does). Slang is great at this effect. Think about the word "cool." What does cool mean? Does it mean that to everyone?
ReplyDeleteOr sweet? Awesome? Rad? Groovy? All these words are defined by the user, in some sort of self-defined code. Imagine how they translate to other cultures?