a. What is similar between what Asimov and Sedaris realize about language?
What Asimov and Sedaris realize is that even if a person may be a master of language it does not necessarily mean that they are more intelligent then a person who is not a sophisticated speaker.
There are two types of knowledge one may say, Practical which would be used in real life situations, and theoretical which would be applied more in the classroom. Basically I believe that the similarity that Asimov and Sedaris share is that language varies, and does not establish intelligence. Intelligence can be applied to many fields of expertise, and in these fields different forms of intelligence must be applied. Language aswell varies in the sense of different expertise for example a plumber develops his own lingo the same as a traveling businessmen, if these two where to meet and attempted to discuss their fields of expertise in the languages they developed, they would not understand eachother.
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I like reading about your distinction but I gotta disagree. I always have trouble understanding "real life." Seems like "real life" occurs where someone is an expert at something in some situation, right?
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