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The Idea that certain words in a language mean different things in different cultures is an obviously relevant issue, otherwise we wouldn't be reading about it I would imagine. For instance, "fuzz" might mean the police for some people or something you find between your toes for others. So, if one were to try to talk to someone with a different meaning for a word, a great deal of confusion could result. As one person may have no idea how what another person is talking about is relevant to the conversation. Which kind of makes the initial quote in the chapter irrelevant because one may be able to listen what a person says, but have no idea how to interpret it properly.