Why: "do" *I* always "feel"....like **I'M*** (reaDING) a "ransoM" note WhEneveR yOu POSt?
there are MULTIPLE LEVELS OF COMMUNICATION ... since most of "us" here rarely
(if EVER) meet and greet IN PERSON - I make an attempt to "add the missing CUES"
lost during the process of transmitting information in a medium that requires a "personal
investment" in a good outcome....
I find the many persons involved with technical issues often fail to "make their point"...
leading to all sorts of rude and stupid ARTIFICIAL CONTROVERSY when a "face to
face dialectic" would NEVER degenerate to such a coarse level....think in terms of how
you would react if someone were actually arguing with you over a SALIENT POINT yet
failing to "make the connection" you readily perceive within YOUR "view point / construct"...
*THAT* in a "nutshell" is the RAISON D'?TRE for my efforts to communicate on
multiple levels SIMULTANEOUSLY!
go here and read this (only ONE PAGE):
http://www.mtholyoke.edu/acad/intrel/speech/differences.htm
then cruise the many aisles / ISLES here:
http://www.psychologydegree.net/resources/the-psychology-of-linguistics-and-body-language/
the BANE and the BEAUTY of the English language is it's specificity....*IF* you're INVESTED
in the process, your ability to communicate is staggering....if you have a lazy attitude with your
speech or comprehension - NOTHING will help... be thus reminded of the conversations you are
exposed to daily:
"Ya know....." (No I DON'T - and I'm afraid you're gonna tell me....)
"I mean to say...." (Say what you mean and mean what you say..close yer yap and THINK afore ye
brain farts all over the place)
"In other words...." (use the CORRECT WORDS FIRST TIME OUT....no need to bleat)
"Well.... (yes..you have a FINE voice...give it a rest now and again...)
and , of COURSE the never ending speaking *AT* someone / OVER someone / five way -
contemporaneous free for all "panel discussions"....
I would NEVER involve myself in plot that would require a ransom note!.....
just write me off as a Mean Old Bastard and enjoy the ride!