emergent language December 13, 2005
It’s charming the way Dina uses “because” backwards.
E.g. “This good because I eating it” or “Yeah, is a good movie because I watching it.”
Or perhaps she just embraces Heidegger’s Uncertainty Principle and understands that by interacting with an object she affects change upon it.
Yeah, that’s probably it.
When I’ve heard Dina make similar comments I’ve interpreted them differently … simply “This toy is good because I am [deriving pleasure from] it.” Perhaps this is in essence the idea that she is engendering change in the object? Or perhaps, simply a more natural understanding of the ‘goodness’ of an object. Who knows what’s in that mind of hers.
as long as we’re talking semantics, i think you mean to say: “she effects change upon it”