Chinese Whisper - A Game?
Chinese whisper a well known term to most of us, a big issue in communication at times as well, Chinese whisper in wikipedia is defined as :
Chinese whisper as described above is originally a game, but its impact on real life is where things do matter and change, this is basically referred to mis communication wherein what was communicated is gradually changed and the information passed on to the recipient is different, the difference here may be to the actual and/or to the implied meaning, simple sentences may in turn become offensive, or offensive may be plained out, this is where the importance of other modes of communication like written and direct communication do come in and show their worth.
It is often practiced by us and especially in new couple or attempting to be couples that they get the information passed on through various different modes and methods, some of the methods can be damn unique as well, but again what I propose may exactly be what you would like to dispose, he may feel that writing a love letter to his beloved in Blood may be impressive while she may find it obnoxiously disguting, there are tonnes of such things, again mode of communicating, getting the message passed through a colleague or friend may not always, but at times, probably unintentionally, get the meaning implied in the message changed, but again like they say you know it yet you do it, for I know smoking is harmful yet I smoke, what to do we are humans!!!
What I intend to imply and to impart in this blog is the importance of communication and most importantly that it should be direct and not indirect, whatever you have to say must be said and rather communicated, for I may long to hear a miss you and you may be devastatingly longing for me but you didnt say or rather communicate making me feel %$^%$, thats not at all ok, what you have say it and dont hide it, trust me pal, communicate, its always the right choice, being silent is not always recommended, if the other person fails to understand your silence its just becasue silence wont communicate effectively, be wise, be well and yes regardlessly communicate....
Chinese whispers is one name for a game played around the world, in which one person whispers a message to another, which is passed through a line of people until the last player announces the message to the entire group. Errors typically accumulate in the retellings, so the statement announced by the last player differs significantly, and often amusingly, from the one uttered by the first. Some players also deliberately alter what is being said in order to guarantee a changed message by the end of it.
The game is often played by children as a party game or in the playground. It is often invoked as a metaphor for cumulative error, especially the inaccuracies as rumours or gossip spread, or, more generally, for the unreliability of human recollection.
The game is also known as telephone, grapevine, broken telephone, whisper down the lane, கிசு கிசு (Tamil "grapevine") Развален телефон (Bulgarian for "broken telephone") gossip, secret message, Le téléphone arabe (French for "Arab phone"), Stille Post (German for "Silent Mail"), Gioco del Telefono (Italian for "Telephone Game"), Telefono senza fili (Italian for "Cordless Phone"),Telefone estragado (Portuguese for "Broken/Ruined Phone"), Głuchy telefon (Polish for "deaf telephone"), Gluhi telefon (Croatian for "deaf telephone"), Зламаний телефон (Ukrainian for "Broken telephone"), Глуви телефони (Serbian for "deaf telephones"), Telefonul fara fir (Romanian for "Cordless phone"), Сломанный телефон (Russian for "broken telephone"), Rikkinäinen puhelin (Finnish for "Broken telephone"), viskleken (Swedish for "the whispering game"), viskeleken (Norwegian for "the whisper(ing) game"), Tichá pošta (Czech and Slovak for "silent mail"), the messenger game andpass the message. In the United States, "telephone" is the most common name for the game.
Today, the name "Chinese whispers" is said by some to be considered offensive or racist, Historians trace Westerners' use of the word Chinese to denote "confusion" and "incomprehensibility" to the earliest contacts between Europeans and Chinese people in the 1600s, and attribute it to Europeans' inability to understand and appreciate China's radically different culture and worldview.Using the phrase "Chinese whispers" suggested a belief that the Chinese language itself is not understandable .
Chinese whisper as described above is originally a game, but its impact on real life is where things do matter and change, this is basically referred to mis communication wherein what was communicated is gradually changed and the information passed on to the recipient is different, the difference here may be to the actual and/or to the implied meaning, simple sentences may in turn become offensive, or offensive may be plained out, this is where the importance of other modes of communication like written and direct communication do come in and show their worth.
It is often practiced by us and especially in new couple or attempting to be couples that they get the information passed on through various different modes and methods, some of the methods can be damn unique as well, but again what I propose may exactly be what you would like to dispose, he may feel that writing a love letter to his beloved in Blood may be impressive while she may find it obnoxiously disguting, there are tonnes of such things, again mode of communicating, getting the message passed through a colleague or friend may not always, but at times, probably unintentionally, get the meaning implied in the message changed, but again like they say you know it yet you do it, for I know smoking is harmful yet I smoke, what to do we are humans!!!
What I intend to imply and to impart in this blog is the importance of communication and most importantly that it should be direct and not indirect, whatever you have to say must be said and rather communicated, for I may long to hear a miss you and you may be devastatingly longing for me but you didnt say or rather communicate making me feel %$^%$, thats not at all ok, what you have say it and dont hide it, trust me pal, communicate, its always the right choice, being silent is not always recommended, if the other person fails to understand your silence its just becasue silence wont communicate effectively, be wise, be well and yes regardlessly communicate....
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