person1: who, me? person2: yes me! person1: what, you? person2: yes you!?

Question

my 2yo daughter gave me that idea. Could also say: Person1: I am here. Person2: No your not, you're there. you cant be here, i'm here. Unless you CAN be in two places at one time? Many other connotations, i'm sure, of this nature can be found.

I have always wondered if there is more than just word-play involved. Of course there are philosophical implications involved in everything?

Try my next one Cedley

Answer 1

the personal pronoun is a dodgy concept as it describes a state that is by its nature changed by being described so you are quite right that two people trying to describe each other cannot ever acheive consensus as their description of their situation to each other obviates that state ad infinitum.
must be a bit sad for kiddys to realise that they have to move from the here and now to looking back to get anyone to recognise they've done anything.

Answer 2

maybe. maximum folk have a annoying time understanding what to assert whilst somebody has died. In a communique with a stranger like that, you don't recognize if the guy died the day ahead of this or 30 years in the past. there is not any choose for sympathy after 30 years. There is likewise no could desire to grant an extremely sympathetic ear to a stranger over their own grief. That being mentioned, a speedy, i'm sorry to hearken to that, with a speedy substitute of issue ought to be sufficient.

Answer 3

The answer to all you complicated questions is that there is only one 'I', one 'me'. Though it manifest in each one does not make it exclusive or separate, although we believe it to be so and live accordingly. We think that being individual means having a separate I or me or self. The word individual means indivisible, inseparable.
We have a fragmented perception of reality based on a mind that has identified with a name.
Thought is knowledge and experience expressed through form.
Knowledge being always limited, that which you can always add to, so never complete.
Thinking is not a product of the individual, on the contrary the individual is the product of thought and thinking.

Answer 4

I love it when young children play with the neglish language to find out how to speak it. Like saying going-ly, or fast-ly. When children do not understand when you say you, you mean them, as opposed to you as yourself.

Being that English is my second language, my flatmates, always pick up on my limited grasp of social linguistics, whereby when they say "It's hot outside, isn't it?" I go "No, it is hot" It makes sense, they say "is it not?" I disagree with their statement because it is infact hot outside. But the idea in English is to agree with the person & say "yes, it is hot"
The same goes for your daughter. Eventually she will grow out of it, but psychologically i think it is the most fascinating of a persons linguistic development. The idea that when you say "you" You mean "them", & to them that means "Me", but to an undeveloped linguistic idea, "You" means the speaker, not the rececptor i.e. "you speaking, not them listening"

Philosophically I think it has many repecussions, but as far as linguistic developmenat goes, she's right on track.

Answer 5

The impact of viewpoint. That is why subjective opinion and decisions are to be tested objectively before jumping to any conclusions. Is it not true that when seen with one eye instead of both, our sight is likely to throw up illusions?

Answer 6

They might be refering to two peole as one, like they are always together, such as twins. That's what we used ot do to kids that have twins around here when we were younger.

Answer 7

You can get a lot of fun out of 'me' and 'you'. I heard this on a radio show.
Grytpipe Thynne: 'Me, me, me'.
Seagoon: 'You'.
Grytpipe Thynne: 'Don't change the subject!'

Answer 8

u think too much about pointless situations
have a beer it will all come to you after that

Answer 9

knock, knock! who's there? not you mate, you've lost it ;o)

Answer 10

What are you on mate ?