Comments on: Language you speak affects the way you think http://www.dmalenko.org/2008/05/language-you-speak-affects-the-way-you-think/ Envisioning, executing, delivering Fri, 14 May 2010 14:51:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Dmitry Malenko http://www.dmalenko.org/2008/05/language-you-speak-affects-the-way-you-think/comment-page-1/#comment-24 Dmitry Malenko Mon, 05 May 2008 06:32:00 +0000 http://www.dmsandbox.dreamhosters.com/2008/05/language-you-speak-affects-the-way-you-think/#comment-24 Hm, "nice try" is also not so bad in that regard. But it seems that such phrases express attitude of the speaker to the event, not the event itself.<br/><br/>I can imagine someone who wants cheer you up would say "<b>That</b> was a good attempt!". Those with offensive intents will say "<b>That</b> was a mistake!" The problem here is that in both cases we do not name the event, but rather refer to it indirectly through 'that'.<br/><br/>Not sure where this can take us, but there is something in all this. Hm, “nice try” is also not so bad in that regard. But it seems that such phrases express attitude of the speaker to the event, not the event itself.

I can imagine someone who wants cheer you up would say “That was a good attempt!”. Those with offensive intents will say “That was a mistake!” The problem here is that in both cases we do not name the event, but rather refer to it indirectly through ‘that’.

Not sure where this can take us, but there is something in all this.

]]> By: Victor Sergienko http://www.dmalenko.org/2008/05/language-you-speak-affects-the-way-you-think/comment-page-1/#comment-23 Victor Sergienko Mon, 05 May 2008 05:28:00 +0000 http://www.dmsandbox.dreamhosters.com/2008/05/language-you-speak-affects-the-way-you-think/#comment-23 "Good attempt" is fine, as for me. It has all the necessary semantics except for "creative". “Good attempt” is fine, as for me. It has all the necessary semantics except for “creative”.

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