Is Language a Form of Déjà Vu?

(Yes...now, what?)

Every word you use is a word you’ve heard before, and most likely, used before. So, too, every phrase.

Perhaps, these words and phrases carry with them the history of their use, so that when we speak we bring the entire history of the language with us, but most especially our personal histories. Words and phrases hold memories for us that we ourselves ca…