Against Fluency - Tetragrammaton
unrealistic desire for “pure” language. There is no such thing as purity in language. All terms are tainted. The way to avoid their misuse is through ethical diligence, not searching for some term that is pure or untainted.
Dale B. Martin • Biblical Truths: The Meaning of Scripture in the Twenty-first Century
Language contains our knowledge and at the same time fails to contain it. All it really contains is our performance of control.
Anton Hur • Toward Eternity: A Novel
“If you want to survive in this organization, you shouldn’t use the words you use. Words like ‘more-than-human’ or ‘otherwise’...” Someone told me this a while ago and probably many of you often come across comments like that. Re-reading my fav book, I found this quote:“The way we talk about this life and living, the language we use, builds a kind ... See more