I still would say the same could be said for people. If from birth I was told that stand means sit, and I was raised in that manner, my response to being told to stand would be to sit, language is overall a response to a trained stimulus. It’s a very complex and interwoven response to trained stimulus but I am not interpreting the word itself, I am responding to what I have been trained that the word means. When I learn a new word I don’t respond based on what it means without having it demonstrated or explained.

Is that not just understanding language though? I could say the exact same thing about myself.

You’d want a flammable liquid so that it floats on the water and spreads more the wetter it is.

Here’s some reading on why https://www.nfpa.org/news-blogs-and-articles/blogs/2024/08/12/what-is-a-class-k-fire-extinguisher

Good luck with your story.