seeking deeper (language theory) reason behind Python design choice

[Chris Angelico]

On Mon, May 14, 2018 at 10:49 PM, Rhodri James <rhodri at kynesim.co.uk> wrote:
> On 13/05/18 05:31, Python wrote:
>>
>> No, you are not.  Do you ever say "dog" when you mean "dot" instead?
>> Do you ever say "dad" when you mean "mom" instead?
>
>
> One of my aunts used to muddle family names all the time.  She once called
> me by my sister's name; one would have thought the beard was a clue to that
> one.
>
> Similarly  my mother once asked my sister to "Get the thingummy off the
> whatsit."  The alarming thing was that my sister understood this and handed
> her the correct object.

That's alarming to you? It's pretty normal in my family. I think we
all developed mindreading abilities as young children, or something.

ChrisA