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Except...if one believes, it is no longer a myth for that person, is it?
posted by
adnohr
on July 18, 2013 at 6:48 AM
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Re: I'm not getting into this particular discussion, but I'm following closely.
me too reading along with great interest...
posted by
Kabu
on July 17, 2013 at 8:46 PM
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Your definition of the word myth makes a lot of sense to me.
posted by
FormerStudentIntern
on July 17, 2013 at 6:40 PM
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You are correct. I have found that conflict occurs over word usage due to misunderstanding, that has a lot to do culture and assuming a meaning. I am frequently into it with my husband because of our schooling, gender, city/rural, parenting and friends. Generalizing and assuming a word means other as defined in a dictionary causes problems.
Because I moved from the suburbs to a rural area, I went from a person who spoke their mind all the time to one who sat quietly to let others speak. It was assumed that I was shy. I became quiet because I did not understand the rural language after learning to speak standard English. There is a difference. To this day, I make no comment if I do not understand, especially after defining the word that boggled my mind. Good explanation. I don't remember much about Greek mythology now other than Venus!
posted by
Dr_JPT
on July 17, 2013 at 3:04 PM
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I'm not getting into this particular discussion, but I'm following closely.
posted by
Pat_B
on July 17, 2013 at 2:14 PM
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just reading along..
btw.. are you a really good typist or did they fix the spell check? 
posted by
Blue_feathers
on July 17, 2013 at 2:10 PM
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I'm with you so far, and wondering how (or if) you'll deal with this one sentence in particular:
"...a myth will not persist if becomes irrelevant, for example if a ‘better’ explanation is accepted or if an explanation becomes altogether unnecessary."
I bet you can guess why I singled out that one statement... 
posted by
Mia890
on July 17, 2013 at 2:01 PM
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