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Daily Alchemy: a question to think on together
“When a word or accent marks you as an outsider, do you change how you speak or let people adjust to you?”
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As a provocation, I’d prefer: No statement / belief is true, including this one. ---- I prefer it when sentences that are grammatically knowledge claims ("X is Y", "X is not Y") are spoken because the speaker actually is making a knowledge claim.... - david...
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I was reminded of a Facebook post from a year ago that kind of came in a moment of linguistic play. Upon reflecting this year, I realize there is a much deeper form of play hidden in the silliness: My brain loves this little zen-koan like meditation.... Something clicked while I was writing this and I had to share it with you. The Greek word for "meek" was literally used to describe a trained warhorse — not a broken animal. Power under control. That's what Jesus was actually talking about.... - Editec...
- renee...
I agree that these frames are pretty wonky and often misused; I get really annoyed by the way many if not most people use the concept in personal growth culture. Most of the assumptions don’t hold across cultures.... Even though I am framing it as "the time is right for that language", I’d still have some "this is unfair, they’re copying our homework" huffing and puffing happening somewhere inside of me if that happened.... I call this the your "avocado eater type". The brown in an avocado is often just cosmetic. Some people can’t eat any of the brown. Some people eat around it. I met a really smart person who never flinched at the brown.... - stephen...
This makes a lot of sense to me, and I agree with it! should has a quality of moral judgement, and in that it assumes a kind of knowing. "I know that this is how it should be." Whereas could has a quality of not-knowing....