Same Words, Different WorLds

Communication, misunderstanding, context, and meaning are at the center of this An Ounce episode. We say “you know what I mean” all the time—but the message we send is not always the message that arrives. Ordinary conversation can be funny, confusing, and surprisingly fragile. A child says “buy-doo.” A car window gets “rolled down.” Someone says “fine,” and suddenly the room becomes a historical…