tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19060161.post114301621991254823..comments2023-10-09T08:01:29.924-05:00Comments on Sorting The Pieces: The power of languageCynthiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11641264346663533706noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19060161.post-1143231611064199962006-03-24T14:20:00.000-06:002006-03-24T14:20:00.000-06:00Great post. I think participating in online forums...Great post. I think participating in online forums and blogs is one of the best ways to get up to speed on an industry's jargon.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19060161.post-1143170218671710592006-03-23T21:16:00.000-06:002006-03-23T21:16:00.000-06:00Really interesting post, Cynthia! I had several di...Really interesting post, Cynthia! I had several different reactions to different parts of it. One thing I thought of related to the jargon of different trades brought me back to when I was in art school learning the "trade" of signpainting--there were a lot of jokes that went around, basically puns, like "Why aren't signpainters ever invited to dances?" "Because they're always cutting in!" It makes me laugh out loud, but you'd have to know that "cutting in" is a specific technique where you paint the space around the letters rather painting the letters themselves. Silly, but I loved that the craft I was learning was appreciative of language even if it wasn't a "writing" profession. <BR/>Anyway, one of those comments that might not make sense to anyone else, but I really did appreciate this post on a lot of different levels...and it seems to have hit home with a lot of folks!Paula J. Lamberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08423739397150379559noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19060161.post-1143146479668860562006-03-23T14:41:00.000-06:002006-03-23T14:41:00.000-06:00I guess language is the key and for some a tool fo...I guess language is the key and for some a tool for others a weapon.<BR/>Hugs<BR/>TJTJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00510301975315691761noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19060161.post-1143118352441663772006-03-23T06:52:00.000-06:002006-03-23T06:52:00.000-06:00Language is a tool that has been used throughout h...Language is a tool that has been used throughout history to keep the masses separated. It has been used and abused. Ebonics is an example. <BR/>As far as Paul's comment, I feel that dialects themselves can be isolating also.Celestehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02185860853151726676noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19060161.post-1143098472781834482006-03-23T01:21:00.000-06:002006-03-23T01:21:00.000-06:00All I have to say to Paul's comment is, "huh????"B...All I have to say to Paul's comment is, "huh????"<BR/><BR/>Being a person in love with words who has been involved in an industry that is NOT...I have been sorely frustrated by the "buzz words" popularized and used over and over and over again to express some marketing aspect of the business. Twenty years ago, the company I worked for decided that "exceeding expectations" should be part of their mission statement. And I <I>still</I> hear that by now stale and useless term bandied about by people in the industry trying to sound "with it." Frustrates the hell out of me...Lisa :-]https://www.blogger.com/profile/02237889098638895390noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19060161.post-1143086038052493212006-03-22T21:53:00.000-06:002006-03-22T21:53:00.000-06:00I remember the hardest part about my art history c...I remember the hardest part about my art history classes was learning how to talk about the paintings. There were so many concepts. When all I really wanted to do feel the painting. Let them speak to me. I actually have had that "problem" my whole college life. I dislike jargon most of all.Theresa Williamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00103717736011804799noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19060161.post-1143055547438233942006-03-22T13:25:00.000-06:002006-03-22T13:25:00.000-06:00I like the distinctions that Korzybski made among ...I like the distinctions that Korzybski made among dialects, sociolects, and codes. The distinctions are by both chronological and geographical distribution.I think dialects are essential, sociolects are enriching, and codes are isolating.Paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05566267303671253480noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19060161.post-1143033661360240582006-03-22T07:21:00.000-06:002006-03-22T07:21:00.000-06:00May I print this out and distribute it to my stude...May I print this out and distribute it to my students? This time I know EXACTLY what you mean.Gannet Girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16374279595560691174noreply@blogger.com