One of the things we must learn during our scholarly study is which symbols represent what kind of meaning: which words say what we wanted to express. In a way we first conceptualize our way of thinking with words to describe and share or pass our thought or idea through expressing the words or symbols or gesture which we assume we all have the same meaning.
Nothing is better than understanding the meaning behind the words we use everyday. I am particularly interested in how words develop and how deeply they evolved to such an extent that we no longer grasp the true meaning of what they represents. Rather we use them for their single meaning in their entirety.
Recently I learnt the word pUC, one the plasmids commonly used in cloning in the laboratory. I knew nothing but the small 'p'. The small 'p' here describe it is a plasmid. Until recently I realized that UC symbolizes where the plasmid was initially constructed. The place is University of California. I still need to find out in which campus the plasmid was developed. Was it Berkeley, San Diego, San Francisco, Santa Barbara? No idea.
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