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Language is Inherently Ambiguous
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Language is Inherently Ambiguous

Ambiguity is part of language. Words do not have objective definitions; they mean whatever you want them to mean.

You don't hear or see words - you hear sounds and see blobs of color that qualify as "words" by your own conceptual criteria.

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Steve Patterson's Substack
Patterson in Pursuit
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