{"id":4062,"date":"2018-01-21T21:27:27","date_gmt":"2018-01-22T04:27:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/jordan-husband\/?p=4062"},"modified":"2018-01-21T21:27:33","modified_gmt":"2018-01-22T04:27:33","slug":"dont-think-before-you-speak","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/jordan-husband\/2018\/01\/21\/dont-think-before-you-speak\/","title":{"rendered":"(Don’t) Think Before You Speak"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Jordan,
Celebrating with our friend Ana as she and Beto join their lives together in marriage!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

 
Have you ever been told to “think before you speak?” Just hearing this phrase can easily bring back memories of embarrassing reasons for which we’ve heard it before! This oft-repeated idiom, so foundational that we consider it common sense, echoes recurring themes in Biblical teaching – such as Solomon’s counsel in Ecclesiastes 5:2 (NKJV) “[to] not be rash with your mouth, and let not your heart utter anything hastily before God.” Even when we dislike hearing someone apply these words to us personally, generally we tend to agree it is wise to consider what we say ahead of time. Yet, could there ever be a time in which it would actually be best to not<\/i> think before speaking?<\/p>\n

Recently, I (Jordan) have had the privilege of studying discourse analysis<\/b> – a tool used to help identify tricky parts of a second language, in order that they can be studied and learned. What makes these areas so difficult? It turns out that, when speaking, we actually make many subtle situational word choices without thought! Furthermore, when trying to figure out what makes the pieces of a language fit together, it’s incredibly difficult for a native speaker to precisely explain things they never actually need to think through.<\/p>\n

To illustrate this problem: think about how you would try to explain the meaning of the word ‘well’ in each of these contexts. Hint: it’s not<\/i> just a ‘filler word’ – there is a different real meaning involved in each scenario. Have fun!<\/p>\n