The art of suggestion ↑

metatheo 29 января 2011, 02:20 в посте Metapractice (оригинал в ЖЖ)

E: The art of suggestion depends upon the use of words and the varied meanings of words. I've spent a great deal of time reading dictionaries. When you read the various definitions that the same word can have, it changes entirely your conception of that word and how language may be used. You can run fast or hold fast. And then some women are fast. Take the word change. A change of mind is very different from change in your pocket or a change or horses. And when you change horses in the middle of a river, that is a different kind of change. When you change clothes, that is another different thing entirely. You are not changing the clothes, you are changing what you are wearing. And on and on it goes. There are so many words with multiple uses! When you begin to recognize them, you can then know the difference between really and really (spoken with a deeper and more emphatic intonation). Really for real means something certain to a small child.