tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11880122.post112346275623388389..comments2023-09-28T08:42:04.681-07:00Comments on WendSight: Choose your words wiselySarah E. Goodwinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16091116960226503208noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11880122.post-1123623779373594442005-08-09T14:42:00.000-07:002005-08-09T14:42:00.000-07:00Yes, there are challenges in all forms of communic...Yes, there are challenges in all forms of communication. We can edit and hone our written communications, but if it's ambiguous we may never get feedback. Conversation gives us cycles of feedback about what we're saying, but we're having to make more up on the fly. What I think is under-appreciated is how much what we understand comes from a shared culture that we only learn over a long period of time. A dictionary is not enough. Also, we only understand things we hear by tolerating the ambiguity of utterances--such as a sentence--as the explanation unfolds. We don't understand the meaning of something being said word by word. It's all a neat trick.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com