It is a almost
random (if looked at from
nature's
point of view)
display of
symbols (which we like to call
letters) that
represent a
spoken version of an
idea. Are
ideas abstract, or can they have
form?
Sure,
everything comes from an idea,
really, but is it
an idea, or is it the
result of the
execution of an idea, and therefore only
somewhat representative of the actual
original idea?
Words.
Words are only a
verbal execution of
thought. Because of
space restraints and
lack of memory, we now have
writing.
Writing is even
further from an
idea. It's all
abstract. There is
no such thing as a
word. If there were, then there would only be one
language. All the
components of that language would be a
word.
What we have is
variables, because they change from
language to language. And what if there were still no
writing?
People would have much better
memories. It's only a
logical sense of
evolution. If you need to
remember more, you re
member more. And what if there were no words to
express verbally? Would we all be
trapped inside our own heads (how
I feel much of the time)? Would the
world be more
interesting or
less?
(Also, um, just a note. This node's title has no period. Um, that's grounds for not being a sentence)