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Greetings to All Who Inquire (the "AWI people"....)<br>
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Questioning questioning is meta-questioning or "questioning qua
questioning." The linguistic dimension of the interrogative tense in
English is interesting to me. <br>
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SVO-P is a syntax. The SVO-p syntax (subject-verb-object, present
tense) has no interrogative form. So-called "questions" are best
phased starting with "I wonder," for example, "I wonder if anyone
cares at all about SVO-p."<br>
<br>
SVO-p is consistent with trend following (also known as "wave
riding.") <br>
<br>
Forming expressions in SVO-p helps the listener to quickly identify
who is acting, what the action is, and upon what. SVO-p keeps
thoughts in the now and may help clarify your thinking.<br>
<br>
The past is often a convenient dumping ground for blame; the future
is often a convenient place to deposit promises. <br>
<br>
Present-tense expressions (in general) and SVO-p (in particular)
both tend to make indirect communication in English very difficult.<br>
<br>
The statement:<br>
"My people will call your people, and we'll do lunch."<br>
<br>
In SVO-p, it reads like this:<br>
"My people plan to call your people about lunch."<br>
<br>
The question: <br>
"Does anyone have a question?"<br>
<br>
In SVO-p, it reads like this:<br>
"I wonder if anyone has a question."<br>
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Some languages are "tenseless" .....<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tenseless_language">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tenseless_language</a><br>
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There is controversy about how the Hopi language handles time: some
say it is a tenseless language:<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hopi_time_controversy">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hopi_time_controversy</a><br>
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I hope you give SVO-p a try. You might want to walk around your
town, and talk to people in SVO-p. The results are interesting.<br>
<br>
The results may surprise you. <br>
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Kind Regards,<br>
Daniel<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 1/7/16 11:48 AM, Harold Shinsato via
OSList wrote:<br>
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Hey Bhav!<br>
<br>
It sounds like you've started an interesting inquiry around
inquiry itself. I'd like to open space for your answers as well as
the other responses from Harrison & Michael P. - so we (and
all the elders) can best "sit" the question.<br>
<br>
Here's Bhav's question in brief: Do western style questions work
in every culture as an approach?<br>
<br>
I'll open it a bit more: What culture assumptions do we bring to
our requests, inquests, inquiry, 'quest'ions, that might help or
hinder the authentic opening of space?<br>
<br>
Harold<br>
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P.S. Of course I remember you Bhav. I remembered you before I met
you - as your influence preceded your presence at least in my
time-space-continuum. Thanks for reentering it here on the OSList.<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 1/7/16 4:14 AM, Bhavesh Patel
wrote:<br>
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<div class="gmail_default"
style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small">Hey
Harold and World,<br>
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<div class="gmail_default"
style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small">Merry
Orthodox Christmas from Moldova where it has been snowing
all day!!!<br>
<br>
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<div class="gmail_default"
style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small">Your
question triggered a different kind of <span tabindex="-1"
id=":21y.1" style="" class="">questionING</span> in me.
Personally I find questions/<span tabindex="-1" id=":21y.2"
style="" class="">inquiry</span> and Rilke's 'Live the
questions now' approach very useful.<br>
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<div class="gmail_default"
style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small"><b>However
my increasing sensitivity to culture makes me wonder
whether this approach works for everybody, or whether it
is a cultural thing, fitting more an <span tabindex="-1"
id=":21y.3" style="" class="">inquiring</span> Western
culture? Sometimes do we overemphasise this approach, use
it in a kind of universal way?</b><br>
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<div class="gmail_default"
style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small">I
have my own answers/experiences to the above questions but
of course won't share them because you asked for questions!<br>
<br>
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<div class="gmail_default"
style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small">Smiles
<span tabindex="-1" id=":21y.5" style="" class="">Bhav</span>...<br>
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<div class="gmail_default"
style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small">p.s.
Harold, we met at the <span tabindex="-1" id=":21y.6"
style="" class="">WOSonOS</span> in London and talked a
bit about complexity and <span tabindex="-1" id=":21y.7"
style="" class="">Cynefin</span>...<br>
<br>
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Harold Shinsato<br>
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