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Coffee Talk: The Desensitization of Language

Tracy Simmons April 1, 2014 Community 1 Comment 2,866 Views

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In April, At Indaba Coffee, Coffee Talk focused on the desensitization of language. Below are related posts.

“Our relationship to language is changing”

In a perfect world, we’d all understand each other. We’d all know exactly the meaning and context of every sentence, and it would always be the same — across cultures, times, languages — fixed on the pursuit of verifiable truth.

“Words can have immense power”

Words have power over us.

“Not enough words for God”

I don’t know if other languages have the same problems describing the almighty, but English simply does not have enough words.

“Why I think before I speak”

What words are off limits in my vocabulary and why?

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Tracy Simmons is an award winning journalist specializing in religion reporting, digital entrepreneurship and social journalism. In her 15 years on the religion beat, Simmons has tucked a notepad in her pocket and found some of her favorite stories aboard cargo ships in New Jersey, on a police chase in Albuquerque, in dusty Texas church bell towers, on the streets of New York and in tent cities in Haiti.
Simmons has worked as a multimedia journalist for newspapers across New Mexico, Texas and Connecticut. Currently she serves as the executive director of SpokaneFAVS.com, a digital journalism start-up covering religion news and commentary in Spokane, Wash. She is also a Scholarly Assistant Professor at Washington State University.

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