Comment by garett black (garett-black) on 37 Ways That Words Can Be Wrong · 2020-10-26T23:17:37.202Z · LW · GW

If my son wanted to be a poet, I'd keep this article away from him. I feel you are at war with the fluidity of language. I can describe what a volcano is to you with these amazing tools that are always subject to mishandling (in 37,000 ways) by speaker or listener, ever inferior to explanation by Action or intimate experience - throwing you into a volcano is real communication!