2006-11-08 05:06:06 · 6 answers · asked by jonas_tripps_79 2 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
How do they even manage to retain meaning at all?
2006-11-08 05:07:53 · update #1
a hummmm i a aaa ok sure why not
2006-11-08 05:08:49 · answer #1 · answered by hotrod in 7-11 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
People are fickle. Words are just words. People need to provide the context for the words to mean anything...and even then, meaning can be misinterpreted. It's not about the words -- it's about how the words are communicated, and the people who communicate them.
2006-11-08 13:14:00 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Words are very fickle. They can change from good to bad, happy to sad, hot to cold in a heart beat!
2006-11-08 13:11:29 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
There's also paradox and metaphors - that's the beauty of the engliish language. Everything in it's own context.
2006-11-08 13:22:18 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
So true!
"Off" means off until we say :"the alarm is going off", then it means on!!!
Sanction is crazy, it means support, but is used to mean a political boycott!! What kind of support is that? ;o)
Wicked means wonderful and I can go on and on and on.
Funny, but so true!!
2006-11-08 13:58:34 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because we need to communicate some how . . . hand gestures and touching just don't do it completely.
2006-11-08 13:11:35 · answer #6 · answered by quatrapiller 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋