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>because that's how you learned to say it. That's an oversimplified (and therefore unfair) dismissal. There are 'correct' ways of performing muscle kinematics
by thereisnospork 3y ago
>because that's how you learned to say it.
That's an oversimplified (and therefore unfair) dismissal. There are 'correct' ways of performing muscle kinematics that stem from nature, and not nurture.[0]
For a trite example, consider the golf swing. There is a right way to do it, and the correctness of 'good golf form' does not derive from golfing pedagogy, but physiology. A competent golfer, I would presume, would also experience physical signs of stress from having to watch an amateur at the driving range.
[0]I am not enough of a language nerd to attest to a-consonant vs. an-vowel but it seems plausible enough.
- qwery 3y agoBut your competent golfer learned the 'correct' form/whatever, no? I'm not sure why it matters if the technique is optimised for human physicality.
- thereisnospork 3y ago> I'm not sure why it matters if the technique is optimised for human physicality. It does if you'd like to hit said golf ball far, or accurately. Likewise if the aim is to enunciate clearly[0]. [0]If I may take a presumption for brevity that this is the case, and that this is a reasonably valid objective of the spoken word.
- qwery 3y agoYes, learning the correct technique (the rules) gets you a more effective result than not. You have to learn to speak english correctly, you have to learn to do a golf swing correctly. The beginner speaker/golfer uses the incorrect form most likely because they haven't learned the correct form. The rules don't exist because it's the easiest way to do it, they exist because it's the correct way to do it.