by Beat Schindler | Oct 9, 2024 | Words, You
A rose by any other name would smell as sweet”, said William Shakespeare some 430 years ago. Now, 430 years later, so it is with words. A word by any other word is a word. No matter what you call it, if you have aword for it, it’s a word. WORDS You are either...
by Beat Schindler | Sep 23, 2024 | Words, You
James Frederick Ferrier (born 216 years ago / died 160 years ago) was a Scottish word-user, writer, lawyer, and university professor. His wife Margaret Anne Wilson wrote under the pseudonym Christopher North. At a time when the word-user population of 1 billion...
by Beat Schindler | Sep 18, 2024 | Words, You
Adonai Ahura Mazda Akal Purakh Allah Amaterasu Amun Apollo Athena Brahman Bunjil Devi Divine El Shaddai Elohim Emperor Father Freyja God Hashem Hera Isis Jade Jehovah Juno Jupiter Kami Krishna Lord Mars Ngai Odin Olodumare Osiris Ra Rama Re Satnam Shiva Spirit Tao...
by Beat Schindler | Sep 10, 2024 | Words, You
According to Wikipedia, Hasan Ibn Al-Haytham (born 1059 years ago / died 1000 years ago), “is sometimes described as the world’s first true scientist.” Whether that’s true I guess is for the scientists after Hasan to decide. TAKEAWAY In the context of what I’m the...
by Beat Schindler | Sep 7, 2024 | Words, You
The next time a word-user starts telling you everything it knows isn’t a word, ask it what that is without naming it. I should know it’s impossible because in my workshops, I ask groups of word-users if anything they know isn’t a word, and in a heartbeat, without...
by Beat Schindler | Sep 7, 2024 | Words, You
Everything we know is a word The next time a word-user starts telling you everything it knows isn’t a word, ask it what that is without naming it. I should know it’s impossible because in my workshops, I ask groups of word-users if anything they know isn’t a word, and...
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