Say What?
Do you know what you're really saying? Do I?23 total reviews
Comment from comanalbert
more than writing you are an expert in semiotics and semiology and soon one in semantics...I have some examples as requested, more is the reason since I am an ESOL...so :"however(how??)", " are you all right?(yes, exempt for my lolling tongue...)"
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reply by the author on 26-Nov-2013
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more than writing you are an expert in semiotics and semiology and soon one in semantics...I have some examples as requested, more is the reason since I am an ESOL...so :"however(how??)", " are you all right?(yes, exempt for my lolling tongue...)"
A nice topic, great writing.
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Comment Written 26-Nov-2013
reply by the author on 26-Nov-2013
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Ha! Yes, there are many examples. I just love words and all the ways we twist them. Of course, it's difficult to point these things out without seeming pompous, but a writing site is a safe enough place to run my mouth (another interesting phrase).
Mike
Comment from Hadria
Lovely, I just love the absurdity of the things people say, 'I care less' is one of my pet hates, you have a grand typo in paragraph 6 "the vest gulf"! One of my favourite comments on the absurdity of words is the following: Why do thet call it an asteroid when it is outside the hemisphere, but a haemorrhoid when it is in your butt." I trust you wont find that a bit vulgar. By the way, can a tangent wind? I hope to read more of your writing.
reply by the author on 26-Nov-2013
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Lovely, I just love the absurdity of the things people say, 'I care less' is one of my pet hates, you have a grand typo in paragraph 6 "the vest gulf"! One of my favourite comments on the absurdity of words is the following: Why do thet call it an asteroid when it is outside the hemisphere, but a haemorrhoid when it is in your butt." I trust you wont find that a bit vulgar. By the way, can a tangent wind? I hope to read more of your writing.
Comment Written 26-Nov-2013
reply by the author on 26-Nov-2013
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Lol, that was quite a typo - thanks for the catch! Amusingly, I almost commented on my tangent line (I suspect, as you imply, a tangent is usually straight). Love the haemorrhoid comment :-). Don't worry, I'm almost impossible to offend. Thank you for the awesome (!) review.
Mike
Comment from Domino 2
Intelligent, fun and interesting write, Mike.
I guess few of us make sense all the time. I particularly worry myself when I don't know what I am talking about.
Of course the written word is more open to license in metaphors and reverse syntax in poetry, as examples, and to listen to a Cockney's rhyming slang for long would have me 'going out of my mind' too. :-)
Cheers, Ted
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reply by the author on 26-Nov-2013
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Intelligent, fun and interesting write, Mike.
I guess few of us make sense all the time. I particularly worry myself when I don't know what I am talking about.
Of course the written word is more open to license in metaphors and reverse syntax in poetry, as examples, and to listen to a Cockney's rhyming slang for long would have me 'going out of my mind' too. :-)
Cheers, Ted
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Comment Written 26-Nov-2013
reply by the author on 26-Nov-2013
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Lol, thanks Ted. I grew up with a Dad for whom a cigarette was an 'oily' and anyone disabled was a 'raspberry' so I can totally relate to your last comment. I've been thinking about these things for a while and felt the need to speak!
Mike