word
at work we greet each other with "word" ... occasionally we use the alternative: "word, yo." or "word up, bitch." it always entertains me. I'm looking forward to next week for some reason. I don't know why, but last week was so great... i perhaps should assume this next week will not be so awesome, but it could be.
I wanted to write about something in particular tonight on my way to bed. That would be the way people use different words in different company. I used the word "rife" at work in a written summary at work. I wrote something like "[this process] is rife with waste" which i thought was appropriate. what i found funny is that immediately everyone knew i had written it. they even went so far as to reword the sentence so as to not use a word people didn't know. I was really surprised at that. frankly, the context makes the meaning kind of irrelevant, which i said, and it remains in the edited form despite my surprise. I like using words that add flavor to the same old stuff. there are times i can't get around using some words, like "process" and "system" which irritates me to no end. so i have to make up for it by using phrases like 'suffer the indignity' when referring to inanimate objects. i like that stuff like that doesn't make sense. it entertains me.
Oh, and last night we sawr a play. it was very interesting. I enjoyed the performance very much. It was Shakespeare- which i don't care for, but it was a play shakespeare people consider one of his less good. perhaps it was, perhaps it wasn't. i can see how it was a bridge between his histories and his whatever comes later. I was thinking that because it was about romans and goths that he was making a point about how violent those cultures could be. but it has every kind of controversy ever.. did i say it was Titus Andronicus yet? i dont' think i did. so it was. anyway. the villain was a woman whose tribe of goths was conquered by a roman general who brought them back as prisoners. they sacrificed her oldest son because it was their custom, and when she begged for mercy received none. regardless, it was fun. strange how offended i was by the violence in pan's labyrinth... but the equally disturbing violence implied in this was not disturbing.. i think it was because i was more aware of my suspension of disbelief.. plus i wasn't watching anyone shoving any bottles into any faces. just cutting off hands and stuff behind a veil...
that's enough for tonight. we're painting tomorrow. word
I wanted to write about something in particular tonight on my way to bed. That would be the way people use different words in different company. I used the word "rife" at work in a written summary at work. I wrote something like "[this process] is rife with waste" which i thought was appropriate. what i found funny is that immediately everyone knew i had written it. they even went so far as to reword the sentence so as to not use a word people didn't know. I was really surprised at that. frankly, the context makes the meaning kind of irrelevant, which i said, and it remains in the edited form despite my surprise. I like using words that add flavor to the same old stuff. there are times i can't get around using some words, like "process" and "system" which irritates me to no end. so i have to make up for it by using phrases like 'suffer the indignity' when referring to inanimate objects. i like that stuff like that doesn't make sense. it entertains me.
Oh, and last night we sawr a play. it was very interesting. I enjoyed the performance very much. It was Shakespeare- which i don't care for, but it was a play shakespeare people consider one of his less good. perhaps it was, perhaps it wasn't. i can see how it was a bridge between his histories and his whatever comes later. I was thinking that because it was about romans and goths that he was making a point about how violent those cultures could be. but it has every kind of controversy ever.. did i say it was Titus Andronicus yet? i dont' think i did. so it was. anyway. the villain was a woman whose tribe of goths was conquered by a roman general who brought them back as prisoners. they sacrificed her oldest son because it was their custom, and when she begged for mercy received none. regardless, it was fun. strange how offended i was by the violence in pan's labyrinth... but the equally disturbing violence implied in this was not disturbing.. i think it was because i was more aware of my suspension of disbelief.. plus i wasn't watching anyone shoving any bottles into any faces. just cutting off hands and stuff behind a veil...
that's enough for tonight. we're painting tomorrow. word
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I think one of the things I appreciate about you is your creative use of language. When I chose my words, I try to pick the ones that say exactly what I mean, and/or convey exactly the right tone. Like, when I throw a lot of likes into something, it's intentional. Because I'm like, trying to convey a feeling of either casual contemplation or like, youthful disregard for proper speech.
The only viewpoint you've expressed about language that I DON'T share is that a synonym is a synonym is a synonym, and that if two words are synonyms, they're interchangeable. I think that's crap, and you know it.
If I were to say "she made me angry," it would have a completely different feeling than "she infuriated me," or "she pissed me off." Sure they're *almost* the same, but if your sister only pissed you off, she probably didn't INFURIATE you, and if your grandma asked you what was wrong, you'd say she made you angry (rather than pissed off). Eh?
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