ext_101304 ([identity profile] thegameiam.livejournal.com) wrote in [personal profile] dreamer_easy 2006-10-04 10:47 am (UTC)

True, a good listener does try to do that, but the burden of speaking clearly still must remain on the speaker.

No matter what preconceptions you divest, if I write a sentence using familiar words to mean totally unfamiliar things, the meaning will not reliably be transmitted. If a speaker is concerned with being understood, the language should be agreed upon beforehand (that's why jargon is okay...)

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