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Wednesday, May 27, 2026

My choice of words

 My choice of words


๐Ÿ˜ฅ


Kids who are yet_to learn words  are a source of envy for me๐Ÿ˜“….  People don't mind if a kid omits a ‘thank you’ for a chocolate, or an “i apologise ๐Ÿ™” for wetting their nappy! ( Funny thing is, after i reach 85 +     if at all i live that far๐Ÿค”, i will be like a baby struggling to use thanks/sorry, but the people who might care_to_care for me, may not give me the ‘same’ concession they gave when I was a ‘baby’๐Ÿ˜œ



Choice of words matter a LOT, when a situation is very critical ๐Ÿคฃ

Samples….

a)A boy or girl utters a yes or no, while picking a bride/groom, a wrong choice of words, decides the joy or tragedy for the rest of their lives ๐Ÿ˜œ

b) When asking something to a fellow at the “may i help you” counter , when there is a crowd, precise words matter a LOT. Wrong set of words beget erroneous responses, while inadequate precision & ambiguity, needless-emotional preamble might infuriate the ‘crowd’ behind us waiting impatiently for an URGENT info from that dedicated counter wala๐Ÿคฃ( that fellow has ‘turned’ into a hater of vague_askers๐Ÿ™๐Ÿ˜“

c) Students as kids don't know whom to ask even, apart from how to ask๐Ÿค”

c_i) when it is about ‘kids’ wrong choice of words bounce_back ๐Ÿคฃ….like, saying “drop this into the wash basin๐Ÿ‘” and the kid would LITERALLY ‘drop’ a porcelain cup-saucer into the basin and it breaks๐Ÿ˜œ. “PLACE” this cup-saucer” would have been safer๐Ÿ˜“

“Don't fall ๐Ÿ˜ณ๐Ÿ˜ณ” to a kid perched on a high branch of a tree, edge of a cliff, etc leaves the kid with a doubt “how do I do_that?...a don't_fall???” . Instead “hold tight to the branch, / move back from the edge” might be EASIER on the ‘tiny’ brain of that kid๐Ÿ™.

d)the ENTIRE civil_procedure code(a law) was aimed at preventing loss of courts time, using a lawyer for appeal/defense in cases๐Ÿคฃ. Legislators know, lay people lack precision of words๐Ÿ‘

e) even spelling mistakes and punctuation matters๐Ÿ™๐Ÿ˜ญ๐Ÿ˜ญ

Desi epics: one fellow did hell_of_a_lot of austerities, penances to seek a boon. But when the GodJi suddenly appeared and asked “what do you want?” … he faltered and blabbered “nidreVatwam”( sleepyness), instead of “NirDeva_twam”(obliteration of deities).... He was a rakshasa, opposing godly guys๐Ÿคฃ

Popular sample of a ‘coma’ in a wrong place……  “Leave him ๐Ÿ™๐Ÿ˜ฅ, not_hang him” and “Leave him_not, Hang him ๐Ÿ˜ก”.... a coma decided the life/death of the victim!


Choice of words…. is not always dependent on the volume of vocabulary we have in our stock . A few extra words might substitute the ignorance about a single word that describes something.



I don't know, if I will be ‘reminded’ to be precise in a “critical” situation!  They say “Sweat in peace  to avoid bleeding in war” and this holds good about being precise even during a ‘peaceful’ conversation!



Meditative practices was my root cause of this nonsense of ‘precision in words’ ๐Ÿ™๐Ÿ˜ฅ…  when meditation deepened a ‘bit’ , the non_verbal thoughts became Visible,๐Ÿ˜ญ ( like, we see a small hillock, and only_when we climb on to its top, a HUGE mountain behind it becomes visible to_us ๐Ÿ˜œ๐Ÿ™). But that's my personal problem ๐Ÿ™. Non-meditators are blissfully_ignorant of their own non_verbal mountaneous godown ๐Ÿคฃ๐Ÿ‘…. and consequentially, oblivious about misconceptions in them( ๐Ÿ˜œ non-verbal list deals with misconceptions, not a wrong choice of WORDS)



PRECISELY yours,

psn(27 May, 2026)



PostScript : at my school, a classmate exclaimed “ buddy , forget WORDS, a mere alphabet placed differently can please both, a theist and an atheist alike”

And he wrote the 2 formats in my ‘rough’ note book ๐Ÿคฃ ( book wasn't ‘rough’...my notes were๐Ÿ™๐Ÿ˜ฅ)


“ God is    nowhere”( atheist smiles)

“God is now here” ( same alphabets, Theist does a “๐Ÿ™” with gratitude ๐Ÿ‘)


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