I wish to express a similar sentiment. I can still learn, and I’m beginning to figure out how to do so without overreacting to what can, in text without vocal inflection, be read as insulting, or challenging, or arrogant, or whatever. When I fall to the temptation to interpret these emotions, my ego gets in the way of taking in useful information. It’s never a good option. It draws me toward being everything I’m accusing the other person as being. Stupid human trick. The terms are making more sense. I already get {-moH} better than in earlier years, and there’s more to be learned. Because of the remarkable ambiguity it can introduce, I do look for alternative constructions, when they can be clearer. Like SAO, it sometimes feels overused; like a hammer where a screwdriver is called for. The hammer will work. It’s just messier. We choose our preferred styles. All for the never ending, inexplicable search for how to clearly express ideas in the language of a fictional race with a cruel sense of humor, created by a man with a very gentle one. Huj Qu’vam. Sent from my iPhone. charghwI’
On Apr 16, 2019, at 9:02 PM, SuStel <sustel@trimboli.name> wrote:
On 4/16/2019 8:58 PM, De'vID wrote: [SuStel's latest message arrived just as I was about to send this. So there may be some overlap. But in any case, since he's being accused of being unclear, I just wanted to say that (I think) I understand what he wrote. Whether it's correct or not is another thing, but I don't think it's unclear.]
Thank you! Much better said than I've been able to say it. I agree that whether I'm correct is another thing. I'm happy to adjust if something better comes along, and I'm no expert linguist.
-- SuStel http://trimboli.name
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