Wordsmith?

In this time of global, instant, communication systems it is natural to assume that clarity of message wil be easy. Not so. There is something about the immediacy of IM and texting which may inadvertently or subtly alter a meaning. [You may have found otherwise but this is my witter so I can generalise wildly safe in the knowledge that a, by now you'll be used to my ramblings or b, you'll be too busy with a Real Life to oppose]

Often, in forum based sites especially, a reader may misinterpret a post and feel so aggrieved that an online argument ensues or the reader types in a huffy post and 'flounces off' in outrage. I wrote a TOME of a witter on this but subsequently deleted it to save your grey matter from self combusting. Believe me, I did you a favour.

Anyhoo...I prefer face to face communication. Letters, texts, posts etc are all subject to the reader's interpretation and, while this is also true of speech, it's easier and quicker to rectify misconceptions during a spoken conversation.

This of course, presupposes that one is articulate and a good listener. I am neither. I try to be both, I really do. In terms of listening I definitely have a saturation point at which I drift off or interrupt depending on the context. As regards the former, something between my brain and my tongue isn't working as well as it might. { No kidding says you]

Here's an example - I've asked children to pass me a teapot when I believed I was asking them to pass me a textbook. I repeated the instruction two or three times and the poor souls looked at me in bewilderment before the bravest spoke up to tell me there was no teapot on the table. Yikes! Stroke city here I come...

Another was the time I spoke confidently and earnestly about someone developing as an inffydidual. Inffydidual??? Yep, you read that right, I didn't misspell it. In my job good communication is EVERYTHING and, judging by these examples, I can't help wondering if the writing is on the wall.