I kind of think that "language" is less problematic but the assumptions that accompany it.

So I take 5 coins from my pocket and lay them on a table so that they form a "V" with two lines of 3 coins ecach sharing the point of the "V" and I say, "move one coin so that you will have 4 coins in one row and 3 in another" and after awhile of plodding and sliding coins around you perhaps say, "Hmmmmmm? Heck if I know" and I then pick up one of the coins from either end og the "V" and put it on top of the coin that forms the point. You scream, "Trick" and yes, it is a trick but not one of language but assumption and thinking inside the box.

Fun thread, Amos...

Bobert