First Impressions of Conversant 1.0b2
I checked out Conversant today—here are my first impressions.
09:00 pm #

Brain language
If you could read minds, would language matter? In other words, could a Spanish person who reads minds read the mind of a Russian?

What I mean is, I wonder if our thoughts are made of the language we speak, or if there’s a universal brain-language we all use. Or maybe there’s a brain language but it’s individual. I can’t seem to catch any one thought long enough to look at it; it turns into language when I look at it.
01:23 pm #

Cats understand French
Since I was a boy I’ve believed that cats secretly understand French. One cat we had was even born on Bastille Day. Sometimes we called him Jean-Claude Kitty.

On Thursday nights when I come home from French class, with French still ringing in my head, I talk to my kitten Papa. Bon soir, Papa! Ca va? Ca va bien? Oui? Oui, j’aime Papa.

I say, qu’est-ce que on dit, Papa? And he says, miaoooow!
01:17 pm #