"How can I be certain that we're all thinking the same thing when we use certain words?" is a personal favourite.
*nod* This is why I tend to throw lots of words at concepts, especially if I think it's likely to mean different things to the people that I'm talking to. It's also why I like people who echo back what they understood me to be saying! (because it's usually in their own words, and not mine, so I can see if the translation happened correctly)
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Date: 2005-09-28 04:03 pm (UTC)*nod* This is why I tend to throw lots of words at concepts, especially if I think it's likely to mean different things to the people that I'm talking to. It's also why I like people who echo back what they understood me to be saying! (because it's usually in their own words, and not mine, so I can see if the translation happened correctly)