[UA] OT: Thought and Language

[Gareth Hanrahan]

> Writing aside, thinking in words felt utterly false to me; an unneccesary
> and redundant to the near-instantaneous process of constructing and
> comprehending my thoughts.
>
> (And even when writing, I only think in words when I get to the grunt
stage
> of sticking words onto paper/screen. All the plots, characters, themes and
> whatnot are developed in this non-verbal form of thinking.)
>
> Anyone else think like this?

Not me. I can really only focus on stuff when it's structured in
sentences...or preferably being typed onto a computer. (I suspect I'd be
more eloquent if I went around with my little palmtop computer and typed
what I was going to say into it before speaking. :-))

> Patrick O'Duffy, Brisbane, Australia
Gar
http://www.mytholder.f2s.com


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