LANGUAGE

Language started when people started needing to communicate among each other. LAnguage is not only speaking, it can also be for example sing language, we can say things through mimic, or by music. But is it impossible to communicate with someone who doesn't talk the same language as we do? This was the main topic of our last tok class and it made me think a lot. In my opinion if we want to communicate with someone we will find the way to do it. It you really think it through, when humanity first started there was no actual language, this started by the need of communication and sharing of ideas, so if this happens to us with a person who speaks a different language or uses sing language i really think that our instincts will come out and we would find that way to communicate with each other.

 

Swearing

Todays TOK lesson was really unexpected. The teacher stared by yelling a swear word at us, from which we were pretty amused and confused. The topic for this lesson was swearing. The lesson really made me think about where do this words come from?, why are they consider so bad for our society?, Could we lie with out swear words? Are they necessary to fully express ourselves?. For started we read an article by Bill Brysoris that talk about different swear words being use around the world, and how old some of this words are. It is pretty fascinating to think how simple words like "cow" are considered an insult in some parts of the world while in others is not more than an actual animal. An interesting idea that came in to my mind when talking about this in class was, could we actually live without using swear words? And yes maybe we can but it is so much easier to use them, they can help us describe emotions in a pretty much easier, simple an quicker way, for example if you get hurt is much more easier to describe this pain by yelling something like "fuck" than screaming " I just hit myself and it hurts a lot", also the fact of using the swear word helps you to express the intensity of what your feeling. . Are we always join to need these words to fully express ourselves? Are they really an important part of our vocabulary?

Here we have an article from the BBC that talks about the difference between cultures, (the british and the germans) and how something considered son normal in culture, for example little talks, can be consider rude in other cultures. 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-13545386