Words that *Should* Exist

I remember doing some writing when I was a child. I wrote about a man, or robot, or something that was in trouble. At the most exciting part (in my pre-ten-year-old's opinion), I wrote that the character "jamp" out of the way. I remember showing it to my parents and having a lengthy "discussion" (they discussed, I argued), I finally gave in and changed it to "jumped."

I think I associated the verb jump along with other action words. After all, my character hadn't "runned" or "standed." Why in the world would my character have jumped? This is why English, for all its versatility, is a screwy language. Japanese is way, way, way better. :-)

Communication

The older I get, the more frustrated I become when I don't express exactly what I'm thinking.  I know many more words than I did as a child, and I can string them together in ways that should leave no doubt as to my meaning.

But I still sometimes don't get my point across.  It could be just a language mixup, or it could be that I'm overly aware of the different aspects of a position and don't want to be stuck at black or white.  When I was a child I could say "I like pie."  Nowadays though I would be more likely to say "Most of the time I like pie when it's not too hot out, unless there's ice cream to accompany it and it's a pie that works well with ice cream, including, but not limited to apple..."

In short, I think I'm too concerned with articulating a very particular point and in narrowing down my statement I completely inhibit its clarity.  Maybe I need to keep things simple.

I love Amanda.
I like pie.

There.  That's enough to go by, right?