In “Writing is Not Natural”, Dylan B. Dryer talks about the timeline of humanity, written language has only existed for roughly 5000 years. Today, language is apart of every day life, and is very much over looked as a great technological advancement. The shortcoming of written language is the possible discrepancy between a writers thoughts and a readers interpretations. Nonetheless, the ability to express one’s thoughts through language is one of the greatest advancements in human history.
This GIF is a great example of misinterpretation, which is the downside of spoken/ written language. The term “speak English” means “put it in a way that I can understand what you’re saying”. To the speaker, what he was saying was very obvious, but clearly the listener (the mother) didn’t understand what was being said.
