you know how there are some words you come across and even though you know how to pronounce them correctly, you find your internal dialgue butchering them slightly?
like, whenever i read the word "segue" i hear in my head "seg-ew" before my synapses take a split second to fire and correct myself.
and then as i continue to read, my brain wanders and starts thinking about Segways and how silly they are. then i might picture Gob on one.
then, before you know it, i'm thinking of other words i know but might mispronouce. like greenwich. (what? it doesn't sound like sandwich?) or worchestshire.
The paradox of insular language
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We often develop slang or codewords to keep the others from understanding
what we’re saying. Here’s an example (thanks BK) of the lengths that some
are goi...
1 year ago
1 comment:
Heh.
I wrote about my troubles with arugula here.
Ahsan
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