Comments on: Words with Multiple Meanings http://www.meryl.net/2007/01/15/words-with-multiple-meanings/ Content on writing, tech, business, marketing, social media Tue, 07 Feb 2012 21:03:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Meryl http://www.meryl.net/2007/01/15/words-with-multiple-meanings/comment-page-1/#comment-810389 Meryl Tue, 24 Mar 2009 17:21:58 +0000 http://meryl.net/2007/01/15/words-with-multiple-meanings/#comment-810389 When I am having very quiet days, people think I'm mad. I don't know why. I just feel quiet and focused. I guess it's a good thing I work alone in a home office and everyone I work with communicates without seeing physical expressions :) When I am having very quiet days, people think I’m mad. I don’t know why. I just feel quiet and focused. I guess it’s a good thing I work alone in a home office and everyone I work with communicates without seeing physical expressions :)

]]> By: Karen Swim http://www.meryl.net/2007/01/15/words-with-multiple-meanings/comment-page-1/#comment-810386 Karen Swim Tue, 24 Mar 2009 14:20:06 +0000 http://meryl.net/2007/01/15/words-with-multiple-meanings/#comment-810386 Meryl, as I read this it really reminds me why we refer to communication as art. So many elements go into communication - words, structure, tone, facial expressions and body language. A word can have a very different meaning in how it is said. Really, it's quite amazing that we are able to communicate at all! LOL! <abbr><em>Karen Swim´s last blog post... <a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/WordsForHire/~3/XC-0rkpZpw0/" rel="nofollow">The Enemy of Creativity</a></abbr></em> Meryl, as I read this it really reminds me why we refer to communication as art. So many elements go into communication – words, structure, tone, facial expressions and body language. A word can have a very different meaning in how it is said. Really, it’s quite amazing that we are able to communicate at all! LOL!

Karen Swim´s last blog post… The Enemy of Creativity

]]> By: Meryl http://www.meryl.net/2007/01/15/words-with-multiple-meanings/comment-page-1/#comment-69764 Meryl Tue, 16 Jan 2007 14:04:31 +0000 http://meryl.net/2007/01/15/words-with-multiple-meanings/#comment-69764 <p>I watched a little bit of the Golden Globes last night and caught Arnold Schwarzenegger announcing the best drama movie. The captions are always a little behind when it's a live show and when he announced the winner, I thought he said (me, the lipreader) "Bobby" -- the movie about Robert Kennedy. Wow, imagine my surprise when it was <em>Babel</em>.</p> I watched a little bit of the Golden Globes last night and caught Arnold Schwarzenegger announcing the best drama movie. The captions are always a little behind when it’s a live show and when he announced the winner, I thought he said (me, the lipreader) “Bobby” — the movie about Robert Kennedy. Wow, imagine my surprise when it was Babel.

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