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...
by Beat Schindler | Sep 6, 2024 | Words, You
Contrary to popular belief, words don’t matter. I should know. Of course, I may be wrong for I’ve studied words during the past 8 years only. 8 years doesn’t even compare to those word-users that made the study of words their careers from the start — the linguists,...
by Beat Schindler | Sep 5, 2024 | Words, You
WORDS DON’T MATTER Contrary to popular belief, words don’t matter. I should know. Of course, I may be wrong for I’ve studied words during the past 8 years only. 8 years doesn’t even compare to those word-users that made the study of words their careers from the start...
by Beat Schindler | Sep 3, 2024 | Words, You
Taste 1 of our 6 senses we have in common with many of the estimated 8.7 to 16 million species of wordless animals, is taste. This is not about the good taste or the bad taste word-users accuse each other of having. This is about the only place where taste is sensed,...
