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In Reply to: RE: Wonder if it also effective in other languages... posted by musetap on September 12, 2009 at 23:32:21
>>> "If you're going to put that positive vibe to work, work it all the way!" <<<
Was this a serious question, musetap, or a rhetorical question ? If it was a serious question then yes, you are correct - work it all the way !!!!
If you write the letters O.K, then you should write them in capital letters i.e O.K as opposed to o.k. The whole point is that you are trying to 'link into' communication - widespread use of communication - and when people write in lower case writing, everyone's style of writing is different so if O.K is written in capital letters, it has a better chance of 'linking' because O.K in capital letters will be more alike than if written in the various people's styles of lower case writing.
You have to then take into consideration the 'strength' of words and their meaning i.e the 'strength' of the 'linkage'. The letters O.K are in widespread use, most likely in every language and have a common and positive meaning.
You are going through the logical thought process, which is good.
>>> "If you were Chinese and only spoke Mandarin and had no knowledge that o.k. were a positive, what would be the point of writing o.k.? Or O.K.?
As far as o.k. goes, I've always felt feeling o.k. is o.k., but feeling good is better than feeling o.k. Having an o.k. meal will suffice,
but having a good (or better) meal is preferable." <<<
It does not matter which language you read or speak. If you use the letters O.K you will be 'tapping into' the use (good usage) of the meaning of O.K and it's 'strength'.
Now, of course, the word (and meaning) GOOD is better than O.K. BETTER has a better meaning than good. EXCELLENT is then better than better. What you have to do is to stay with absolutely positive words (no ambiguous meaning) and words which have 'strength' i.e most commonly used. If, for example, you are Italian, you can use the equivalent word in Italian to GOOD, BETTER or EXCELLENT providing that word is not ambiguous i.e has other connotations.
The point I have always made is that you should not go into the dictionary looking for a word which means better than EXCELLENT if the word you find is some obscure word, not in general usage because it will not have the 'morphic resonance strength' of other words which ARE in common usage.
You have to see words as communication, and see communication as behavioural patterns, and then behavioural patterns becoming established as 'morphic resonance patterns', which are repeated over and over again, therefore having 'strength' !!!
>>> "I say write BEST, or CHOCOLATE ICE CREAM, or BACH or TOUMANI DIABATE or something really very much more positive than the seemingly mediocre "o.k." to possibly achieve the very best of what this pen/tweak/theory has to offer." <<<
The answer to that is NO. If TOUMANI DIABATE is not in general and universal usage and does not have a generally recognised positive meaning, it will not have the 'strength' of the mere words BEST or even GOOD !! This is what I mean by 'don't go down an exotic path', stay with the strongest, best positive word or words in most usage !!!
We give examples of what I mean in our Red 'x' Pen leaflet.
As Geoff says, you can experiment by using a readily available Red, Staedtler Lumocolor (permanent ink) pen with a fine tip and, for experimental purposes, the normal plain white address labels to write on.
It is fun experimenting. Write a label with the Red pen saying THIS AMPLIFIER SOUNDS O.K., attach it to the amplifier and listen. Next, write a label saying THIS AMPLIFIER PRODUCES GOOD SOUND O.K. Listen to that in comparison to the previous one and the sound will be better. Now, write a label giving the Brand name of the amplifier i.e THIS SONY AMPLIFIER PRODUCES EXCELLENT SOUND O.K. When you listen to that latest label in comparison with the previous one, you will have the best sound and then if you go back to listening with the first label in position on the amplifier, the sound - although good when you first heard that particular label, will now not be as good as with the latest label (giving the Brand name) attached.!!!
Regards,
May Belt.
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