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Be word-wise, communicate peacefully
WEIGHING WORDS WITH WISDOM
(A departure from Dr Adedimeji Mahfouz’ “Be Word-Wise, Communicate Peacefully”)
-Oyetunji Opeyemi
Peolple, because of their natural possession of language tend to use words the way they like or in concomittance with their world-view about some phenomena without utmost attention towards the implications attached to them. We react to political subjects, governmental, economic and societal issues boorishly. It looks ironic, especially in Nigeria, that those with little knowledge of politics raise its topic at newspaper-selling points and argue out their ignorance. This engenders what they cannot handle.
ContextualisingAfrica, words that should be treated applying senses serve as a source of discord. In the literal sense, “You are crazy” is a declarative word, a hypothesis which calls for critical analysis. It presents the third party’s view about you and is open to reproof.
To the listener, your ability to maturely attend to it now defines if you really are or not. A word literarily misconstrued rapidly moves from its terrain(mere word) to exchange of words(argument)and ultimately into conflict. Adedimeji (2016), “The world is wordy and there is no escape from words. But the words we use go a long way in determining who we are” and should therefore be Constructive and Contributive. This life requires you to be;
O- Open-Minded
P- Percipient
E- Ergonomic
Y- Yielding
E- Enviable
M- Meticulous and
I- Innocuous
The dynamism of language has left a great mark on their usages. If checked, the etymology of lexical items we use today, about 80% of these words are semantically different from what we had them to be in archaic times.
Therfore, you the speaker must be learned and conscious using words, be mindful of the mood of the one to be addressed. Weigh your word with wisdom before projecting it because, (“eyin lohun, to ba ti jabo fo, ko ni see ko mo -Yor.) your voice is an egg. If it falls, and breaks, it can no more be made whole.
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Opeyemi Oyetunji2017