Reddit reviews Frindle

At this point anime has transcended its original meaning. It denotes a particular style as well as the fact that it's a cartoon. Sure, literally anime === cartoon === anime, but if you say "cartoon" to someone they'll have a completely different conception that if you say "anime" to that same person.

Try it for yourself: make a list of 3 items that you would consider cartoons, then make a list of 3 items that you would consider anime. What are the differences? What are the similarities?

Also consider: word meanings can change by how they're used. This is the means by which languages evolve and why you aren't speaking Ye Olde English today. A great introductory book on the subject would be Andrew Clement's Frindle.

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The Ender's Game series, especially the later books(speaker, children, xeno). Something about the whole nature of Philotics struck me as a really attractive idea. I'm not saying I believe we're all connected by an invisible web of thought. But the idea that we are all connected is something that I've always held and Card's description of philotics was a great way for me to visualize that connection we all share.

EDIT: remembered another from 2nd grade. But fuck this is why i love google too, just typed 'book where the kids rename the pen' and it found it, top result. The book is called Frindle and if there's one book that helped shape my outlook on life its that book. It taught me that words are just words. They can be the most powerful things on the planet, but when you boil it down a word isn't actually a thing. A word is an idea, and you can make an idea mean anything you want it to.

For those interested:
http://www.amazon.com/Frindle-Andrew-Clements/dp/0689818769