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I thought it was fairly obvious that I mean that words don't have meaning in the abstract , that no meaning can be attatched universally to the word 'band', but that each specific instance of a word can become meaningful to a particular person by how it is used. If that was unclear, I apologise. And...

Alucard: We can communicate, to the extent we can, because we are currently each playing language games with rules overlapping enough for the transfer of meaning. Both of us can (and probably do) play other language games too. We have chosen this one based (in part) on the context of what forum we a...

words have meaning Despite being trans, I'm not hugely interested in commenting on the 'trans' debate. This, however, I will create an account for. Words do not, in fact, have meaning. Words are something that is sometimes used in the attempted conveyance of meaning. Along with tone, body language,...