belovelife Posted January 9, 2009 Report Share Posted January 9, 2009 ok i was pondering language and i came to a conclusionif we used a language regardless of the words, but it was in thought process, how efficient would it be especially if we all spoke it like if i was to sayto mix concrete get weelbarrel, concrete, attach hose to faucet, turn on hose pour cement in weelbarrel, mix water and concrete with mixing hoe donot put too much water, turn off water, continue till homogenius and slurry it would translate like thisget what you need, add water to cement and mix let me know ideas, just a fun thought process:) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pamela Posted January 9, 2009 Report Share Posted January 9, 2009 what about stray thoughts? or not focusing? for me for example, the thought process you wrote would become something like this to mix concrete at 14.95 a bag no less, oh, times that by 6get wheel barrel, where the heck is that barrel, i told them to put it back in the garage, kids these daysmix water, great, now long has this been drippingand concrete with mixing hoe, hoe...hoe...who in the world ever came up with such a namedo not put in too much water, remember the last time, no, i dont even want to think about thatturn off water, i better tighten that up, no better wait, this stuff may harden to quicklycontinue to homogenius, huh? homo sapien plus genius..hmmmn..of yeah thats me..heheheheehand slurry, slurry???? damn, wheres my tequila, i knew i was forgetting something it would translate something like thisspendmoney, yell at kids, fix faucet, create new words, spend more money,fix faucet, smart chick needs to get drunk.....what was i making?:);):) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
belovelife Posted January 9, 2009 Author Report Share Posted January 9, 2009 i agreei need tequila Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
belovelife Posted January 9, 2009 Author Report Share Posted January 9, 2009 sounds like you're trying to make kids learn more but the more you try the more you wanna get drunk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pamela Posted January 9, 2009 Report Share Posted January 9, 2009 haha! i have definitely felt that way before:)of course, I was going for humour in the post, but my point was, that unless we could completely focus, the thought would transfer with more information than was needed. The concrete directions would become muddled and then clear communication would become difficult. Did you have something in mind to divert this process? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
belovelife Posted January 9, 2009 Author Report Share Posted January 9, 2009 working on it *more water, less water, mix quicker, mix slower**i need more coffee* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sigh.ko.blah.grr Posted January 20, 2009 Report Share Posted January 20, 2009 Ref: the original post... Ever hear an elderly Cantonese-speaking Chinese person (you can still find them in urban "Chinatowns" now and again) speak "pigeon English?" It sounds about like what you used as an example of less gramatically structured "free flow." Perhaps the Chinese who needed to communicate with English speakers were less concerned with proper grammar than they were with getting their message across. Just a thot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
belovelife Posted January 20, 2009 Author Report Share Posted January 20, 2009 Good point. Like Confucius. In the Analects 論語, Confucius presents himself as a "transmitter who invented nothing".[7] He put the greatest emphasis on the importance of study,[21][22] and it is the Chinese character for study (or learning) that opens the text. In this respect, he is seen by Chinese people as the Greatest Master.[23] Far from trying to build a systematic theory of life and society or establish a formalism of rites, he wanted his disciples to think deeply for themselves and relentlessly study the outside world,[24] mostly through the old scriptures and by relating the moral problems of the present to past political events (like the Annals) or past expressions of feelings by common people and reflective members of the elite (preserved in the poems of the Book of Odes[25]).[26 If you notice, it was a book of poems . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sallynewell Posted April 26, 2009 Report Share Posted April 26, 2009 Why does there need to be words to the action of concrete mixing? what about just seeing and doing? What about driving home? Are there words for this task? Can you remember? How are words and memory linked? (the answer is not 42) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miranda Posted June 8, 2009 Report Share Posted June 8, 2009 ok i was pondering language and i came to a conclusionif we used a language regardless of the words, but it was in thought process, how efficient would it be especially if we all spoke it like if i was to sayto mix concrete get weelbarrel, concrete, attach hose to faucet, turn on hose pour cement in weelbarrel, mix water and concrete with mixing hoe donot put too much water, turn off water, continue till homogenius and slurry it would translate like thisget what you need, add water to cement and mixI don't understand what you mean. Can you please explain? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
belovelife Posted September 5, 2011 Author Report Share Posted September 5, 2011 what about stray thoughts? or not focusing? for me for example, the thought process you wrote would become something like this to mix concrete at 14.95 a bag no less, oh, times that by 6get wheel barrel, where the heck is that barrel, i told them to put it back in the garage, kids these daysmix water, great, now long has this been drippingand concrete with mixing hoe, hoe...hoe...who in the world ever came up with such a namedo not put in too much water, remember the last time, no, i dont even want to think about thatturn off water, i better tighten that up, no better wait, this stuff may harden to quicklycontinue to homogenius, huh? homo sapien plus genius..hmmmn..of yeah thats me..heheheheehand slurry, slurry???? damn, wheres my tequila, i knew i was forgetting something it would translate something like thisspendmoney, yell at kids, fix faucet, create new words, spend more money,fix faucet, smart chick needs to get drunk.....what was i making?:);):) a party? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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