tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8198390912401056862.post8975043994923329978..comments2023-10-14T06:19:18.000-05:00Comments on Rocket Scientist: Bare Necessities: English (or Language if your native tongue is different)Stephanie Barrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17772217449161603561noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8198390912401056862.post-82273593578281832412009-09-06T18:51:31.897-05:002009-09-06T18:51:31.897-05:00Just this morning, while staring into the mirror d...Just this morning, while staring into the mirror debating on whether or not to bother to shave on a Sunday (you have convinced me in other posts that there is no God, so I have stopped going to church) I decided to follow your advice and study my tongue. As far as I know, it was my native tongue.<br /><br />Now, having studied my tongue (or at least contemplated it for several seconds before returning to bed) I feel more qualified to understand your speeches. Perhaps even some of Shakespeare's as well. Perhaps not.<br /><br />I will be the first to admit that I may very well be ignorant; but at least I am not very well read.Relax Maxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01051381168322495999noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8198390912401056862.post-25289521168106615882009-09-05T17:03:05.144-05:002009-09-05T17:03:05.144-05:00Phew, for a second there, Jeff, I thought you were...Phew, for a second there, Jeff, I thought you were calling Rocket Scientist "MrsBitch"...but I need to READ first before writing.<br /><br />Communicating is so often thought to be one-sided: I should only have to say or write something, and it's your responsibility to read it exactly as I intended.... only that simply isn't the way it works. For good communication to happen, both the writer/speaker and his or her audience must have some skill in it. Otherwise either the meaning of a good writer/speaker is lost, or readers have very little of substance to deal with, making them frustrated. <br /><br />Yet when both elements are there, oh, what we can accomplish!Dr. Cheryl Carvajalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15323455180953109460noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8198390912401056862.post-37743598789662473442009-09-05T11:16:28.067-05:002009-09-05T11:16:28.067-05:00Wow! I couldn't agree more! Which probably e...Wow! I couldn't agree more! Which probably explains why my entire career was devoted to studying communication--and teaching communication.Patricia Rockwellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08599725587514470536noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8198390912401056862.post-24659668869586530012009-09-04T23:21:46.935-05:002009-09-04T23:21:46.935-05:00i agree Mrsbitch, but you can write that good it i...i agree Mrsbitch, but you can write that good it is your confidence that needs a boost... your point seemed to jump right off the page, never give up.... you can do it, i know it, but most important thing of all is you must know it. or it means nothing.Jeff Kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00667419764890599092noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8198390912401056862.post-54826159432721843912009-09-04T22:58:25.730-05:002009-09-04T22:58:25.730-05:00I don't think so. Homey don't play that. T...I don't think so. Homey don't play that. Tell me more. ;-)Doctor Faustrollhttp://drfaustrollwritesthewrongs.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8198390912401056862.post-73950679854021081192009-09-04T17:00:52.162-05:002009-09-04T17:00:52.162-05:00Another great post! What always amazes (maybe horr...Another great post! What always amazes (maybe horrifies would be a better word) me is that I have a fairly good vocabulary, good grammar skills and a fairly vivid imagination. But, there are experiences I have had that I've tried to put down on paper, and I realize that a reader would feel none of the wonder or awe I felt. I just don't have the skill to make them smell the smells, hear the birds or the wind in the background, to experience, through my writing, what I experienced. It makes me admire, all the more, those few rare writers with that ability. Sorry, I've almost written a book here.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8198390912401056862.post-89235064514818346142009-09-04T16:59:04.989-05:002009-09-04T16:59:04.989-05:00And yet, so few people actually have mastered the ...And yet, so few people actually have mastered the craft.<br /><br />Even those who understand how to use words frequently don't get the other requirements--logic, rhetoric and analysis.The Motherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15157821003454766570noreply@blogger.com