I think that when I say to people, “Don’t get me wrong???” that they still get me wrong anyway. That’s probably why I don’t use that phrase that often. That’s not to say that it’s a bad phrase, it’s just that???   ah, nevermind .

The preceding paragraph has too many that’s for my liking. Not that you care. But I do, damnit! This is my web site and I can say what I care about even if you never asked. I never asked you to read this, now did I? Hah! Or not.

What’s in a name? Identity.

The primary purpose of giving something a name is that, when it’s not around for you to point at, you can refer to it by name. The difference between giving a person one name or another may not matter, but it helps to give objects descriptive names. Even if you don’t know what a pencil sharpener looks like, you can still figure out what it is or does. Calling something that sharpens pencils something else, like nerelepinchasp, wouldn’t be as useful.

A rose by any other name may smell just as sweet, but using another name without roses in the vicinity won’t conjure any smells of sweetness. Tell someone that you were given a boquet of doodads and they’ll just go, “huh?”. Or not.

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