language and perception...

read this. if you wanna. if not, let me paraphrase. (but really it's an interesting read....)

the language we speak apparently effects our perception of events. in english, if i was to knock a mug off a table, whether accidentally or not you'd say "trip broke the mug" and you would remember that it was me. if you are a native spanish speaker you would say "the cup broke" and probably not remember that i had any input at all. Indonesian speakers would look at three sequential pictures of a man kicking a soccer ball and say for all of them "the man kick the ball", and not really notice that the three pics are different...

now, with that as back ground knowledge. we have attitude patches at work. lots of them. i tend to wear the one that says single. we are meant to wear two, sometimes i wear two that say single... the store owner came in today and gave me "flirtatious" to wear with my single... hours later a guy came in and noted the "flirtatious" and made a comment. the other manager told me he was totally flirting with me. i hadn't even noticed. i'm gay, i don't notice if guys flirt with me. if he'd been a girl i might have.... quite probably.
made me think though. is language the only thing that impacts what we perceive.

that is all.