Questions Only

[quasimodo1]

I've read your postings, you're no jerk...but then, you know that. q1

[Niamh]

Sorry, Niamh, and I think you can keep going lalala if that is what you feel like, no?

I only put the opening post link in case people didn't realize that the only rule of the thread is that every response must be phrased in the form of a question, ok?

Sorry if I offended anybody....? I'm a jerk, you know?

Hey your no jerk! (and if anyone every says you are, i'll send George the Leprachaun and his band of pixies after them Kay?
) I was just curious Kathy! I just got somewhat confused you know?

[quasimodo1]

easy one...What animal is Eugene Ionesco associated with?

[Hyacinth42]

Who? *googles* Is it a rhino?

[quasimodo1]

The Rhino, great play, yes?

[samercury]

Was it that play in which the people become rhinos? Same time period as Beckett?

[kiz_paws]

To ellaborate on what deaf people conceptualize of words, if that is the question, let me say that first I'm no expert, only having read and watched some documentaries on the subject. I guess for maximum information, Gauludet (spelling?) University which accomadates deaf studies would know for sure; nevertheless, the sound of of word is not all of it's essence. The sight, meaning and context/ not to mention lip reading and other resources for the deaf like perhaps TTY allow them the same access to words, concepts, meanings, connotations, denotations that they use for interaction with the speaking world. Therefore, thinking in words, or word-concepts might vary but strictly speaking, i wouldn't call it completely non-verbal thought. Verbal, by definition, implies sound and meaning but meaning is all. My real question is not so specialized. The mind-set in question is fully articulated humans thinking (maybe just feeling) in non-verbal ways. If we question what thinking is non-verbal...I percieve things like instincual reaction, joy, rage, even analysis by way of the "mind's eye" that one might classify as non-verbal thought. The crux of my question really is, though, if we think in words then the extent of vocabulary a given person has might be an amplification or reduction of thoughtful abilities. So; if our vocabulary is the resource for verbal thought then it also is the limitation of verbal thought. It is a question for some linguists and maybe the answer is allready accepted academic "reality", but for myself...still a question. quasimodo1

Wow, thank you for this, Quasimodo1
And people becoming Rhinos? Do tell!

[Aunty-lion]

Why haven't I heard of this play?

[quasimodo1]

You may have heard of it, since I abbreviated it's name. "The Rhinocerous" by Eugene Ionesco is a play, it has been interpreted in both existential and absurdist modes. The huge animal comes into a (French?) town and proceeds to rampage while rumors of it and news of it are heard by townspeople out of earshot and the interpretation which I took from it is about how people won't recognize the unusual, the new, or the intellectually frightening concepts they are unfamiliar with. Argueable. The long posting before it, I made about a different question relating to verbal vs. non-verbal thought. They are not connected. So many times in these forums, and I've done it, the threads will diverge and then come together again. Interesting reading, i.e. Ionesco. quasimodo1

[Pendragon]

Kathy a jerk? Where be the vile varlet villainous enough to venomize the air with such prattle? I’ll have his liver an’ lights, if he continues to besmirch the fair Dead Undying, She-Who-Is-Not-To-Be-Named, hear ye?

[Niamh]

She is well protected is she not? by dragons and a band of pixies lead by leprechaun?

[kathycf]

Kathy a jerk? Where be the vile varlet villainous enough to venomize the air with such prattle? I’ll have his liver an’ lights, if he continues to besmirch the fair Dead Undying, She-Who-Is-Not-To-Be-Named, hear ye?

You are so sweet, but you must promise not to take my liver and lights, ok? I called myself a jerk, and can consider myself to be my own worse enemy, you know?

She is well protected is she not? by dragons and a band of pixies lead by leprechaun?

I am incredibly lucky to have such sweet and caring friends, am I not?

(I mean that, I AM very lucky and thank you guys. )

[Pendragon]

Well, tae say the truth, my Dear Dead Undying One, I cannae stomach the taste o' liver an' lights, ye ken? Bye the bye, have ye nae got a potholder? This knight is done to a crisp, methinks?

[kiz_paws]

Don't you just love the little pics that adorn the posts of our Pen?

[Niamh]

I'm really liking these dragons? Got any dancing fairies for Niamh?