euphemisms
Posted: Fri Jul 16, 2010 11:11 am
I'm absolutely sure you're right. Further, there's no way it can be otherwise. There's no possibility of growing up in a society that uses language - meaning every human society - without having various attitudes, and/or agendas, and/or beliefs ingrained in us through that language.rusmeister wrote:I think this far more important than your other question, because it has practical significance for all of us right now. That's why I was talking about euphemisms, because they are not irrelevant to this part of the discussion.Fist and Faith wrote:This only describes you. Probably me, too. Having lived every moment of our lives surrounded by language, we grew to use language to think. It may well be impossible for us to think without language.Avatar wrote: I don't know that it can...my thoughts are all in the form of words. On a level below that, is my understanding of what those words mean. But thoughts happen in words, even when it's too quick to be individually "thought" of, if you know what I mean.
