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Can you describe the types of language and culture? Or have resources to look into this further, I find it interesting.
by danielzh 10y ago
Can you describe the types of language and culture? Or have resources to look into this further, I find it interesting.
- 6stringmerc 10y agoTo an extent I can describe it the concept would be "jargon" on a broad level. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jargon https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jargon Thus, certain groups engage in trying to build up minor tests or cues to test a person's depth or familiarity with a professional subject. So if I'm talking to a person at a bar, and I find out they work at a major bank, say, Comerica, I can probe enough, politely, to probably understand what they do. This level of professional knowledge is not easily faked - it's like a web of synaptic references tagged to various terms and concepts (mostly "made up" for an industry).
- Johnie 10y agoRead up on Shibboleth [1]. Using language or phrasing, it's a way to suss out members of a certain group. One can argue that the internet memes are a type of shibboleth for internet groups. One example is The Narwhal Bacons at Midnight [2]. I'm sure YC alumni have some type of shibboleth to identify themselves in situations. Shibboleth entered mainstream culture (and when I learned it) via a West Wing episode called "Shibboleth" [3]. The clip is worth a watch. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shibboleth https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shibboleth [2] http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/the-narwhal-bacons-at-midnight http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/the-narwhal-bacons-at-midnight [3] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fqkaBEWPH18 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fqkaBEWPH18
- thaumasiotes 10y ago> Shibboleth entered mainstream culture (and when I learned it) via a West Wing episode called "Shibboleth" The concept of a shibboleth entered mainstream culture many centuries ago; it is a story from the Bible.