John Turnbull wrote:
> In article <7fvh6r751r.fsf at faith.csis.hku.hk>,
> Lee Sau Dan ~{@nJX6X~} <sdlee at faith.csis.hku.hk> wrote:
>> >I do have the "Oh no! I missed that note!" thought when playing the
> >piano, but that thought comes in a completely NON-VERBAL way. Again,
> >that though flashings in my mind in a language-independent way, and
> >there is too little time for me to put the thought into words of any
> >language I'm fluent in.
>> Why would it take time to put into words. If you think the thought the
> words are there. They may not be top-most to your attention. It is a
> mere shift in mental focus to have the words present. How sure are you
> the words are not there?
I don't know why it's so hard to believe that an expression of anguish can
have no words attached to it. When you trip, do you think "Oh no! I
tripped!" in precisely these words?
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