Cratylus's View of Language

Cratylus thinks that everything has a correct or a true name. He agrees with the protagorean relativists and heracliteans of plato's theaetetus, which i discussed back in episode 22. His reason is that to use language is nothing but uttering the right word for what you are thinking about. So on his view, there is no such thing as using language falsely. Socrates starts by arguing against hermogenes, who defends the conventional view. But if it's clear what makes some things suitable for banging nails and others not so suitable, it's not so clear what would make some sounds suitable for being words and others not.