i dont konw how but im in again. im intrigued by the story of colors. from a biblical stand point god did name a few in genesis( the begining) red blue green thats all i can remember being out lined, but watching a benjamin moore commercial with the air balloon rising from the ground and everything around it had a color name( im sure more than two thousand) it just blew my mind how far we've come and i thing we're not done in this regards.the kaleidoscope will need more slots.
I agree. I never realized or even thought about the names we used to represent everything we have in this world. I didn't even know other languages didn't exactly represent every word we use in the English world. I thought English was the number one language that every other language followed in other to name everything. But, of course I was wrong and now I know that. It's very interesting to actually think about all the words we've created to symbolize our world. Without words we would be lost because no one would know how to communicate with each other. I agree with Gary that we're not close to being done with any symbolizing because new things are discovered everyday and in order to recognize it we have to name it.
Nadia, can you make this same comment in a post and not in a comment on a post? I've already asked Gary to do the same. Remember, you log should be an individual post by you. You can also comment on other people's posts..in fact I hope you will...but you also need to make your posts. If you are confused, when you log into your account you are immediately on a page to write your post. You can comment without logging in, however..
English is actually a fairly new language compared to others. Noone really bases their language on it. Greek, Latin, and varying forms of "Chinese" dialcects have been around for thousands of years.
Brian's points are good ones, Nadia. It might be interesting for you to look at a visual. You can Google "Language Family Tree" for several variations on a chart which shows you (usually) the descent of various western languages. You'll get an idea of how recent "English" is and also how it developed from previous languages: English is a much more "amalgamated" language than most, having bits of pieces of many different languages brought into it. That's one reason why spelling in English is so difficult: all those words that are not spelled like they are pronounced.
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ReplyDeletei dont konw how but im in again. im intrigued by the story of colors. from a biblical stand point god did name a few in genesis( the begining) red blue green thats all i can remember being out lined, but watching a benjamin moore commercial with the air balloon rising from the ground and everything around it had a color name( im sure more than two thousand) it just blew my mind how far we've come and i thing we're not done in this regards.the kaleidoscope will need more slots.
ReplyDeleteI agree. I never realized or even thought about the names we used to represent everything we have in this world. I didn't even know other languages didn't exactly represent every word we use in the English world. I thought English was the number one language that every other language followed in other to name everything. But, of course I was wrong and now I know that. It's very interesting to actually think about all the words we've created to symbolize our world. Without words we would be lost because no one would know how to communicate with each other. I agree with Gary that we're not close to being done with any symbolizing because new things are discovered everyday and in order to recognize it we have to name it.
ReplyDeleteNadia, can you make this same comment in a post and not in a comment on a post? I've already asked Gary to do the same. Remember, you log should be an individual post by you. You can also comment on other people's posts..in fact I hope you will...but you also need to make your posts. If you are confused, when you log into your account you are immediately on a page to write your post. You can comment without logging in, however..
ReplyDeleteEnglish is actually a fairly new language compared to others. Noone really bases their language on it. Greek, Latin, and varying forms of "Chinese" dialcects have been around for thousands of years.
ReplyDeleteEnglish is actually derived from a combination of all different pre-existing languages.
ReplyDeleteBrian's points are good ones, Nadia. It might be interesting for you to look at a visual. You can Google "Language Family Tree" for several variations on a chart which shows you (usually) the descent of various western languages. You'll get an idea of how recent "English" is and also how it developed from previous languages: English is a much more "amalgamated" language than most, having bits of pieces of many different languages brought into it. That's one reason why spelling in English is so difficult: all those words that are not spelled like they are pronounced.
ReplyDeleteokay I will.
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