Definitions - #301 - #03 -Words, Words, Words!!!!

(Whaddy’a mean “What do I mean”?)

Let’s try something……..

I. –“I would “like” to be an American.”
1) Which American?… A rich American, a poor American, an educated, an uneducated, a successful, an unsuccessful, a new citizen, an old citizen, a young, an old…..Get my drift?
2) What about a Southern American, a Northern one, a small town one, a big city one…Get my drift?
3) How about a Black American, a White, a female, a male, an Asian ….Get my drift?
4) “Who” are we talking about? …...… What do you mean?
5) Who do you wish to be “like”? …… What do you mean?
6) Yes, I do speak English!!!! ……….. “Whaddy’a mean?”

II. – “I would like to live in a country “like” America.”
1) Which “country”?... South, North, Mid West, farming country, city country, suburban country…
2) You mean “like” as in a “duplicate”; or, as in “with the all the same characteristics”; or, as in “some of the characteristics (i.e. Which ones in particular?) …Get my drift?
3) Which “country” are we talking about? …...Whaddy’a mean?
4) Which “America” are you talking about? ….Whaddy’a mean?

III. HOW ABOUT....I want to live in a “Democracy!!!”…Oh my gosh!!!
I want a “real relationship”!!! ……..Oh my gosh!!!
I want to be “free”!!! ………………Whaddy’a mean?

So, maybe now, you see the problem!!

If you don’t spend the time necessary to “mutually” communicate, to “mutually” arrive at a definition; you are merely making noises at each other. I doubt if the exchanges of noises will produce any significant results. Are you talking “at” someone; or, are you talking “with” someone. Did it ever occur to you to find out?

The “process” is “TO ASK!!!” … “ASK” what is meant!!!….Try to mentally meet each other, to arrive at “mutually” understood definitions…. Spend the time!!!…… “What’s the successful alternative??”


So, again, maybe now you see the problem!! ……..

Words, Words, Words!!!!