atw: Re: The Queen's English?

Christine Kent:

> And it's all in the words.  The meaning is the same.

But words are almost the only way -- certainly the most powerful and flexible
way -- that we can express meaning. Change the words and you change the
meaning: that's the whole point. What's the same is the underlying reality.
But psychologists argue that perception is reality; if you can change
perception by changing the meaning by changing the words, perhaps you really
are changing reality, at least the subjective reality of the reader or hearer.


Michael Lewis

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