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I could argue that a word cannot represent an object, since an object is tangible and a word is not, but I'm not really up for that kind of debate. But I will make the point that incorrect terminology can be confusing when trying to discuss. If someone comes in and says they're an empath, but they really mean a telepath (and yeah, they can be related, but they're not identical, and quite different), it can get confusing. It's fine to suggest other names, or state what we call it in the guild for sake of a common name, but "nuh-uh, you're wrong! it's telepath, stupid!" is just damn annoying.

But I do have a comment or two about the spelling and grammar thing. First, the main point of this guild is intelligent discussion and debate. Spelling and grammar mistakes are fine, but a blatant disregard of any language whatsoever is just damn annoying. And idiotic. If you were given the gift of language and fingers to type it out with, DO IT. But your mistakes are all right, FLCL, albeit minorly annoying at times. At least you try more than most.

I don't think the problem is any kind of wrong terminology. I don't think there's any such thing, particularly in such a subjective field as magic. Whatever terms increase your understanding are necessary for your communication with yourself (which sounds rather alchemical to me...).

I think the problem comes from a lack of a common language to use. Science uses latin nomenclatures for animals, and a specific type of nomenclature for chemicals. This makes it easy for someone within the respective fields to know what another person is talking about. For example, NaCl (Sodium Chloride) is table salt. The lack of common language means that we cannot depend on one another as much as we could otherwise. However, it also means that we don't have to make concessions about our understanding.

welll, once a friend of mine called a person jogging a wookie (but he DID look like one)

true true.
that guy didn't think it was funny when he rolled down the window and did the guttural throat thing that chewbacca always does in the movies.

but it was really funny
the guy just looks over his shoulder and almost trips while he turns around to see who said it.
he did run into a pole though. sad.... but funny!

we laughed the whole ride home.

Hahha, oh termology cracks me up sometimes, I mean how one thing can have so many different names, Check this out, WIcca, Voodoo, Chaos, those are just a few, but they are different names for the same thing, magick. And then you get the people who are all defensive that their term and what they know is the only truth. I mean ********! but, then agian I probably don't use proper terms sometimes, i'm a hands on learner, not a text book learner.