Wednesday, May 04, 2005

cruelty defined

The innate cruelty of language is evident in words that phonetically match their meanings. Take the words "stuttering" and "stutterer": here are two words that not only sound exactly like the thing they mean but in pronouncing them, you are likely to DO that thing.

Imagine someone attempting to tell of their affliction. That's just harsh.

No, that was it. Sometimes things have to be written down so I can see just how idiotic they are.