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2022-12-04T20:26:10	created document flagged group hidden id links permissions tags target text updated uri user user_info 2022-12-04T20:26:10.856094+00:00 title Language builds culture - Herbert Lui false __world__ false 5DIcYnQREe2NVTOF9GGXvA html incontext json https://hypothes.is/a/5DIcYnQREe2NVTOF9GGXvA https://hyp.is/5DIcYnQREe2NVTOF9GGXvA/herbertlui.net/language-builds-culture/ https://hypothes.is/api/annotations/5DIcYnQREe2NVTOF9GGXvA admin delete read update acct:ravenscroftj@hypothes.is acct:ravenscroftj@hypothes.is group:__world__ acct:ravenscroftj@hypothes.is linguistics behaviour learning-in-public selector source endContainer endOffset startContainer startOffset type /div[1]/div[1]/div[1]/main[1]/article[1]/div[1]/div[1]/p[2] 278 /div[1]/div[1]/div[1]/main[1]/article[1]/div[1]/div[1]/p[2] 0 RangeSelector end start type 867 589 TextPositionSelector exact prefix suffix type Whether you want to call them mottos, memes, or manifestos, words can be the building blocks of how we think and transmit ideas. You can also gauge how well someone is grasping your concepts—or at least making an effort to—by the language they’re responding to you with as well. falls, and favorable outcomes.” Posted in Contentions, Life. TextQuoteSelector https://herbertlui.net/language-builds-culture/ You can use the way that a person responds to your concepts as a metric for how well they understand you. If they don't understand chances are they will retreat back to jargon to try to hide the fact that they're struggling. If they're getting on well they might have an insightful way to extend your metaphor 2022-12-04T20:26:10.856094+00:00 https://herbertlui.net/language-builds-culture/ acct:ravenscroftj@hypothes.is display_name James Ravenscroft	https://herbertlui.net/language-builds-culture/	linguistics behaviour learning-in-public hypothesis	annotation	/annotations/2022/12/04/1670185570

Whether you want to call them mottos, memes, or manifestos, words can be the building blocks of how we think and transmit ideas. You can also gauge how well someone is grasping your concepts—or at least making an effort to—by the language they’re responding to you with as well.

You can use the way that a person responds to your concepts as a metric for how well they understand you. If they don't understand chances are they will retreat back to jargon to try to hide the fact that they're struggling. If they're getting on well they might have an insightful way to extend your metaphor