F'in word men

"Show me a man who says nothing. That is the man I want to speak to." Zen Proverb

The Phrase Finder - phrases and their origins

I'm with Bender. Words are good. Personally I get annoyed by too much abbreviation and slang. Sometimes it's creative, but a lot of the time it's laziness or trying to rebel against the system by acting stupid. The English language is an amazing tool for expressing yourself and describing the intricate and complex universe we experience. But some people refuse to use more than a couple of hundreds words of it and abbreviate even those.

Bender... I think I'm in love, lol

i prefer to get/organise/anaylsis my world though images that are touchibly real in my enviroment. individual letters and collectiuons of them hold no meaning in themselves, my connection to them as messagers of meaning is not close for this reason. i find a goood regular walk enables one to find interesting natural physical structures to 'get/organise/anaylsis' my world, if words are added, confussion come to town. some people aren't into words, some people aren't into limiting there commucation to the clearist frequency's, and chose to tarnish them with words.

words give meaning, to not share words is mighty difficult!
I am glad that you agree that analysing the world is rewarding experience, but i would find such a task quite difficult if they could not be described in a language, and without language, I could never share the beauty. One is left with precious little means of communications without language.
Even when people walk, drive or bungee, the thoughts take form with words. It is a medium as inescapable as communication. To avoid words in thought is like painting in darkness - an akward approach at best.
Your point though, is taken. I do acknowledge you are absolutely correct in that many people misuse language aiight but it must realised that the fault lies in the person misusing language, rather than language itself. Far from tarnishing clear thought, language enables us to share it.
..how else could i read your post?

great quote Bender, but was it really Nelson Mandella who said it, or was it Marianne Williamson? I don't know anything about her, just happened to see the quote.
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Besides a possible mistake with the quotes I am in agreement with Bender's eloquence, but a lot of Englsih idioms are more like rehashed nonsense than distilled wisdom. Rather than portraying depth or culture they inhibit communication by being difficult to understand.

I used to think language was the ultimate form of expression, with it's versatility and potential for creative use. One could paint a tapestry with words, woo a woman through letters, convince men to fight for an idealism. Now I find words can be just as clumsy and awkward. I haven't lost my faith in the power words can have, but I don't see them as the be-all and end-all of expression. Words often fail where a simple hug succeeds. I think there are certain aspects of our world which are beyond even words.

Don't believe me? Try explaining 'green' to a blind woman...