THOUGHTFUL THURSDAYS

Have you ever given a word serious thought to the point where it becomes meaningless? Let me get a little linguistic for a second. A word is really just a symbol, right? Right. Yes, right. I'm telling you that's right... It's an auditory symbol. Or rather what it describes is a symbol and the word is how we actualize that symbol. It's like a deer X-ing sign. That symbol sends of a signal so that every time we walk down the street and see a man or woman dressed in blue, with a badge and a certain type of hat, we think cop, po-po, 5-0, pig, whatever your group of people calls police. So although language is a complex system and all, at its core, it's a bunch of one time arbitrary letter combinations used to describe things. Well, let me tell you folks, it can still be that and nothing more. Take any word you want. "Wolf" for instance. That's a good one. Just say it over and over and over again.

Wolf.... Wolf... Wolf... Wolf.... Eventually (and by eventually I mean anywhere from a minute to a few hours...gotta be persistent here, people) "wolf" will begin to sound bizarre, independent of its symbol and eventually devoid of all context.

Now that's some thoughtful shit.

... Okay now that you've finished that exercise, let me give you a few of my famous tongue twisters

1. Pedantic podiatrists peddle pathetic petals

2. Supine supers sip soup with supplicant suits

3. Grouchy grover grows gouty ground gowns

Next up... some word jumbles!

1. rsureesp

2. ppissiiissm

3. oasdneriu

Enough word fun. Get back to work!