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I woke up today and it was overcast. Driving to work, it was 57°F. So I guess summer's over? It was a nice 3 weeks, I guess. /grumpy
Do you guys ever feel like maybe you have too strong a grasp of the written word, and it works against you? I don't mean that in a conceited way. I mean that I have lately experienced from multiple sources that people don't communicate clearly, so I 'misunderstand' what they MEAN even though I am correct in what they are actually SAYING. Does that make any sense? So many times I have to read between the lines or try and forget the actual meaning of what I'm reading, so that I can get what the other person is trying to get across. So I start responding to what they've written, and they're like, "Okay, but that's not what I meant." And I'm like, "Yes, but it's what you said." And they're like, "Well, I didn't know that by saying it like that you would take it to mean xxxx." And I'm like, "Well I took it to mean xxxx because that is exactly the meaning of what you said!" And on and on it goes.
The latest experience along those lines has to do with the sourdough cultures, and the directions I've been trying to follow. But I've realized that, despite it being an actual published 'expert' book and written by someone with a doctorate, it still needed a better editor. It's not that it's not in plain English -- that part is fine. It's the sentence structures that don't convey the true meaning of the words, making everything kind of muddled instead of clear. But the good news is, ( I think I've figured out what's goiing on with my cultures. )
Do you guys ever feel like maybe you have too strong a grasp of the written word, and it works against you? I don't mean that in a conceited way. I mean that I have lately experienced from multiple sources that people don't communicate clearly, so I 'misunderstand' what they MEAN even though I am correct in what they are actually SAYING. Does that make any sense? So many times I have to read between the lines or try and forget the actual meaning of what I'm reading, so that I can get what the other person is trying to get across. So I start responding to what they've written, and they're like, "Okay, but that's not what I meant." And I'm like, "Yes, but it's what you said." And they're like, "Well, I didn't know that by saying it like that you would take it to mean xxxx." And I'm like, "Well I took it to mean xxxx because that is exactly the meaning of what you said!" And on and on it goes.
The latest experience along those lines has to do with the sourdough cultures, and the directions I've been trying to follow. But I've realized that, despite it being an actual published 'expert' book and written by someone with a doctorate, it still needed a better editor. It's not that it's not in plain English -- that part is fine. It's the sentence structures that don't convey the true meaning of the words, making everything kind of muddled instead of clear. But the good news is, ( I think I've figured out what's goiing on with my cultures. )
