So for those of you who haven't seen this video, you should definitely watch it:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lj3iNxZ8Dww
Here we have an instance that demonstrates a tragic, yet humorous, failure to communicate. It is vitally important to be clear logical when communicating in any way, be it through a speech, an email, a text message, or even just a conversation. The process of translating thoughts into words and then having them translated back into a thought by another person whose brain, in essence, speaks its own language, is highly prone to errors.
Sometimes these errors do not produce a problem in comprehension, US Americans for example. Other times though, the meaning is completely obscured in the word vomit that ensues (I believe that our education like such as South Africa and, uh, the Iraq everywhere like, such as and...). This error can be compounded by the fact that the speaker may or may not have a clear enough idea of his thought to translate it into appropriate words. They may know just enough to be dangerous... Which I feel is probably the case with this post. It really is just an excuse to watch that video for class. :D
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Wow...its this type of thing that brings about the dumb blond stereotype. One must wonder how much is an act or for real.
ReplyDeleteSo if Ms. Teen South Carolina gets trashed for her stumbling through an answer to a fairly straightforward question, why did people rush to Sarah Palin's defense when she botched in equally bad fashion her interview with Katie Curic? Shouldn't those who defended Governor Palin also defend this victim of "gotcha" questions?
ReplyDeletePerhaps not the same people, since those who rushed to Palin's defense did so because of her political position, I'm sure that Ms. Teen SC had her own staunch defenders after this 'incident'.
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