![]() ![]() The news on almost any day of the week offers plenty of examples. Our culture is in the midst of a decades-long experiment with language, especially the word family. Playing with language, however, can be a tricky game. ![]() It’s the thing itself-not the words we use to describe it-that makes it what it is. Shakespeare’s analogy only works because roses are a real flower that grow in the real world. No matter what we call it, the long-stemmed flower with the thorns and petals will still be itself. “That which we call a rose, by any other word would smell as sweet.” In other words, Romeo’s surname, “ Montague ” is only a word. In Act 2, Scene 2 of William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, the young couple mourns that their respective families are sworn enemies. ![]()
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