tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11542365.post7921360650848763649..comments2023-12-24T18:38:29.947-08:00Comments on Writing Down the Words: Well, huhPaulinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14555472024981357622noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11542365.post-71550031946449995912008-10-16T15:03:00.000-07:002008-10-16T15:03:00.000-07:00So true, the picture in the mind being quite diffe...So true, the picture in the mind being quite different to the speaker's mind picture!<BR/>I agree with Lee.meggiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00061112627819270427noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11542365.post-12658592612456893622008-10-15T15:17:00.000-07:002008-10-15T15:17:00.000-07:00Vincent, I don't know what GBS had in mind when he...Vincent, I don't know what GBS had in mind when he said that but I know that I had the most recent presidential campaigns on mine. When members of a listening crowd yell, "Kill him!" when referring to the opposing candidate, I'd say they are surely letting their emotions get the better of their intellect.<BR/><BR/>Lee - I agree, communication is always risky. Likewise, Barbara, I guess we have toPaulinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14555472024981357622noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11542365.post-11664317008027005702008-10-15T12:38:00.000-07:002008-10-15T12:38:00.000-07:00I have first-hand experience that the absence of e...I have first-hand experience that the absence of effective communication invites disaster and a lot of hurt feelings. Sometimes we even have to try multiple approaches to make ourselves understood. But the important thing is to keep on talking.Barbarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18356998698106275372noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11542365.post-53059999858649718582008-10-15T03:21:00.000-07:002008-10-15T03:21:00.000-07:00Communication is not what you say; it is what the ...Communication is not what you say; it is what the other person hears. Always a risky enterprise.Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11236459315155380910noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11542365.post-8572875532124741122008-10-14T22:09:00.000-07:002008-10-14T22:09:00.000-07:00The cartoon is good, for it reminds us that in rea...The cartoon is good, for it reminds us that in real communication we don't actually confuse the two meanings of mouse at all.<BR/><BR/>Communication isn't a computer program, and our understanding of one another transcends words, doesn't it?Vincenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18297306807695767580noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11542365.post-15160808193813042752008-10-14T22:06:00.000-07:002008-10-14T22:06:00.000-07:00I wonder what Bernard Shaw was referring to?But in...I wonder what Bernard Shaw was referring to?<BR/><BR/>But in the context you propose, he is certainly right. The preacher on the soap-box in the market-place is pursuing his own agenda and not conducting a dialogue.<BR/><BR/>Therefore it isn't communication at all. A political party in Britain got into trouble legally because it sent out recorded audio messages of its leader by telephone to Vincenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18297306807695767580noreply@blogger.com