I tend to wonder why the same words were used for multiple items in our English vocabulary. I also always wonder why words we use make no sense at all for the object we are describing. For instance, [chinchilla] describes a really small furry house-pet rodent, but [Ox] describes a large furry animal which tends to be outside on farmland. In the same sense, [fair] can be used to describe a carnival, pale skin, and to be semi-equal. So why do we even use all these different words, yet all the same words, in our everyday vocabulary? Having to rely on the context of conversations seems to be more work than it's worth sometimes to communicate with others.
[Segway], for instance, could mean a robotic-like transportation device many use on hiking paths and resorts, or it [the word, pronounced the same but written segue] could mean to ease into another part of the conversation or a different point to be made. In another example, a heartbreak doesn't actually mean to break someones anatomical heart. My question to any English speaker is; why?
This blog has been used this past summer as a requirement for my online English class. However, I feel like I can put my thoughts and my ideas out to the world in a different way now. Like reusing a word to mean something different and new, I am planning on using this blog to retell my story. Not in the sense of researching something for a class - but by writing completely new and creative. To be different in every way and hopefully provide some sort of feeling of sonder to someone else.
This is my [segue].
Britt
