Funny words in fuzzy language

Huang Xinyu

Reading The Story of Two Generations of Love really makes people laugh. Look at one of them:

Grand Imam: Islam in China claims to preside over mosque education affairs and teach classic imams. Haircuts are always free.

Once, two generations of love shaved him, and he asked, "Do you want eyebrows?"

"Yes, of course! This still needs to be asked! "

With the swish of the knife, two generations of love shaved off their eyebrows and gave them to the big imam, who asked him to say "yes"?

"Do you want a beard?" Two generations of love ask questions again.

With the last lesson, the imam quickly said, "No, no!"

There was another swish, and two generations of love shaved off their beards and threw them on the ground.

The imam was angry, but Afandi said, "Didn't I do everything you said?"

Several "Yao" and "Don't" in the story can have different interpretations, in other words, their semantics are vague. "Do you want eyebrows?" The "importance" here is interpreted by the imam as "keeping", while the two generations insist on "shaving off". Where was the beard when the Imam said "don't"? He meant "don't shave it off", and the relationship between the two generations was handled according to the semantics of "don't keep it". Smart two generations of love use the vagueness of language to play tricks on imams.

Fuzzy language exists in a large number in daily life, and people are using it consciously or unconsciously.

In the Snow Mountain Temple in the tenth episode of Water Margin, Lu was instructed by Gao Taiwei to kill Lin Chong on the grass. Liu's furtiveness aroused Li Xiaoer's suspicion in the teahouse and quickly reported it to Lin Chong. Lin Chong asked, "What's that life like?" Li Xiaoer said, "Short, white face, no beard, about thirty years old. ..... "Hearing this, Lin Chong was shocked and said," It's Liu, who is thirty years old. That bitch thief dares to come here and hurt me! Don't hit me, just call him flesh and blood! " Obviously, Li Xiaoer used fuzzy language and provided a set of fuzzy data. How short is the "five short stature"? How white is the "white face"? "Nothing", how should I estimate it? "About thirty years old", is it 3 1 year old or 35 years old? Interestingly, according to the fuzzy data provided by Li Xiaoer, Lin Chong immediately made a judgment, and the subsequent facts proved that this judgment was accurate.

Naturally, people sometimes misunderstand vague language. Please read a little humor:

Husband (after stealing): "You see, you have gained a lot?"

Wife: "Why don't you do this for me and the children?"

Husband: "I see. But this shop has no clothes for women and children. "

My wife said "think for me and my children", which is a vague statement, referring to "the consequences of crime". As the husband of the thief, there is obviously a misunderstanding, which leads to a ridiculous joke.

In judicial and diplomatic work, vague language has special significance.

According to legend, when Bao Zheng was appointed as Dingyuan county magistrate, he deliberately used vague language to solve a marriage case. The attorney general and Miss Wang have been engaged since childhood. Just as the Li family was preparing for the wedding and marrying the couple, a fire destroyed their property. As a result, Miss Wang, who was too poor to love rich people, got married and got engaged to Zhai Xiucai, the son of the rich man Zhai Yuanwai. Go to the county government to sue Wang. Knowing the truth, Bao Gong had a plan. He asked Zhai, Wang and Li to kneel in turn: Zhai Xiucai was in front, Miss Wang was in the back, and she was in the back. At this time, Bao publicly said: "Today, Miss Wang chose her husband. No jokes in court! Will Miss Rainbow marry her ex-husband or her ex-husband? Choose who is who, don't change your mouth, rely on it. " Miss Wang looked up and saw Zhai Xiucai standing in front of her. She blurted out, "My Lord, my little girl is willing to marry her ex-husband." Bao Zheng asked three people to leave their fingerprints, and then he laughed: "Good! All right! After all, Miss Wang has a good eye for people, and she is not too poor to love rich people. She is admirable! Li Kan, take her back to get married! " When Miss Wang woke up, it was irreparable. The beauty of the original theory of "ex-husband" and "post-husband" is that each can make a favorable explanation for himself. It is by using semantic fuzziness that Bao Zheng cleverly set a trap logically called dilemma reasoning to induce Miss Wang to submit.

Of course, it goes without saying that vague language should be avoided in judicial official documents.