Do you mean what you say? It may be just me but I find people use some words freely, as if they don’t really understand what they mean. We live in a world where we say what we think we feel, or what we think we mean without totally understanding what impact they have on others.

[True Story] Somebody I know said “I Love You” to his girlfriend after like 3 dates. Don’t get me wrong, I am glad he can verbalize his emotions, most guys can’t. But 3 dates? Come on? Love means something, and I don’t seriously think you can fall in love with somebody after 3 evenings watching movies and drinking coffee. Suprise suprise, 4 days later, they broke up. And the girl was shocked, hurt and well, pissed off.

True, teenagers live a life very different that us who work, or those who have ended our puberty stage, but Grown Adults have been known to make the same mistakes as well. Why can’t we think before we speak.

Don’t get me wrong. I am not standing on some moral high ground. I have said some stupid things in my life, in an a moment of anger, or simply because I though It was funny. But I doubt I have confessed my romantic love for somebody I barely knew.

Sorry about that, just alittle upset with the news of my friend.

7All kinds of animals, birds, reptiles and creatures of the sea are being tamed and have been tamed by man, 8but no man can tame the tongue. It is a restless evil, full of deadly poison.
James 3:7 [NIV]

tongue (tÅ­ng)
n.

1.
a. The fleshy, movable, muscular organ, attached in most vertebrates to the floor of the mouth, that is the principal organ of taste, an aid in chewing and swallowing, and, in humans, an important organ of speech.
b. An analogous organ or part in invertebrate animals, as in certain insects or mollusks.
2. The tongue of an animal, such as a cow, used as food.
3. A spoken language or dialect.
4.
a. Speech; talk: If there is goodness in your heart, it will come to your tongue.
b. The act or power of speaking: She had no tongue to answer.
c. tongues Speech or vocal sounds produced in a state of religious ecstasy.
d. Style or quality of utterance: her sharp tongue.
5. The bark or baying of a hunting dog that sees game: The dog gave tongue when the fox came through the hedge.
6. Something resembling a tongue in shape or function, as:
a. The vibrating end of a reed in a wind instrument.
b. A flame.
c. The flap of material under the laces or buckles of a shoe.
d. A spit of land; a promontory.
e. A bell clapper.
f. The harnessing pole attached to the front axle of a horse-drawn vehicle.
7. A protruding strip along the edge of a board that fits into a matching groove on the edge of another board.

v., tongued, tongu·ing, tongues.

v.tr.

1. Music. To separate or articulate (notes played on a brass or wind instrument) by shutting off the stream of air with the tongue.
2. To touch or lick with the tongue.
3.
a. To provide (a board) with a tongue.
b. To join by means of a tongue and groove.
4. Archaic. To scold.

v.intr.

1. Music. To articulate notes on a brass or wind instrument.
2. To project: a spit of land tonguing into the bay.

idioms:

hold (one’s) tongue

To be or keep silent.

lose (one’s) tongue

To lose the capacity to speak, as from shock.

on the tip of (one’s) tongue

On the verge of being recalled or expressed.

have (or speak with) a forked tongue

To speak deceitfully; prevaricate or lie.

[Middle English, from Old English tunge.]

On this day in History..

• Nick's Day Off - 2003
• The End Of An Era - 2003
• Have I grown up? - 2003
• Blast from the Past - 2003
• An Evening at the Ballet.. - 2005
• The weekend that was not so happening..... - 2006
• Time is infinite, you cant waste time... - 2006
• JJCM :- Korean Food, Mongolia - 2007
• A Trip to Zaizan - 2007
• A Local Snack - 2007
• London Calling :- Camden Market - 2008
• London Calling :- Nicktay & Sarafoo Together Again - 2008

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