It only really works in a mixture of American and English English. In American, an eraser isn’t called a rubber, and in English, a condom isn’t.
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I think this sums up most of this thread:
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hmm… is it not though? That seems like it would be a fairly constrained definition of “thought”.
Perhaps this is working from a more highly specified framework?
Webster seems to disagree.
esp.
3a : reasoning power
b : the power to imagine : conception
If anything this post/discussion has definitely been a good reminder of the extent and variety of neural styles.
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Maybe in your region. I’ve lived in Northern Ireland, Scotland, south of England (Home Counties) and currently live in Manchester. “Rubber” would be clearly understood in all these regions - unless of course there was confusion with a game of billiards.
I would be curious about the other two, too. No clue why he didn’t just list all 5. its probably in his books.
Can relate to this with regard to dreams - (am someone who rarely has memories of dreams). However, I’m vaguely aware that the majority of dream states that occur for me (and I suspect these are somewhat frequent), are indescribably alien and no coherent semblance of them can be transported into waking/consensus reality.
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