Just Stuff as usual
I woke up wondering why a word would be considered inappropriate for polite conversation is deemed perfectly fine if said in another language. The one that came to mind is vagina vs yoni. I’ve been around people who look faint at the barest whisper of someone using the word vagina but will happily chat for ages about yonis.
Is this a thing that only occurs in English? Now I wish I spoke several languages so I could get a sense of these things. Gonna have to poll my multilingual friends.
Totally unrelated.... I’m thinking people seriously downplay the forgetfulness aspect of learning disorders. Trying to remember the steps in order to write this post since my page no longer has a New Post button. I go through this every single time I post here. Sadly it’s not confined to fairly benign things like blog posting, it affects darn near everything. I often stare at my phone trying to remember the magical sequence to turn it off and on. I have a iPhone it’s not tricky. And if I need to change something in setting on anything, computer, phone, iPad, email... it’s hit or miss if I will find what I’m looking for without having to ask even if I’d just performed the task a day ago.
While some may think it’s a side effect of meds or just getting older, not so much. I’ve had this issue my whole life. I had to learn to tie my shoes upteen times, even recently I just stared at my laces because I couldn’t remember how to make them into a bow. I avoid analog clocks like the plague. Even though I have clear memories of being taught to tell time on one I’ve never been able to retain that knowledge. If I glare at it long enough I might possibly get a close enough time but usually I’m at least a few hours off. I grew up with the 24 hr clocks and to this day I have to count my fingers to figure out the time after 12. A few well meaning people have tried to teach me math shortcuts but alas, those don’t stick either. Considering the random inconsistency of my memory it’s a miracle I graduated high school.
Is this a thing that only occurs in English? Now I wish I spoke several languages so I could get a sense of these things. Gonna have to poll my multilingual friends.
Totally unrelated.... I’m thinking people seriously downplay the forgetfulness aspect of learning disorders. Trying to remember the steps in order to write this post since my page no longer has a New Post button. I go through this every single time I post here. Sadly it’s not confined to fairly benign things like blog posting, it affects darn near everything. I often stare at my phone trying to remember the magical sequence to turn it off and on. I have a iPhone it’s not tricky. And if I need to change something in setting on anything, computer, phone, iPad, email... it’s hit or miss if I will find what I’m looking for without having to ask even if I’d just performed the task a day ago.
While some may think it’s a side effect of meds or just getting older, not so much. I’ve had this issue my whole life. I had to learn to tie my shoes upteen times, even recently I just stared at my laces because I couldn’t remember how to make them into a bow. I avoid analog clocks like the plague. Even though I have clear memories of being taught to tell time on one I’ve never been able to retain that knowledge. If I glare at it long enough I might possibly get a close enough time but usually I’m at least a few hours off. I grew up with the 24 hr clocks and to this day I have to count my fingers to figure out the time after 12. A few well meaning people have tried to teach me math shortcuts but alas, those don’t stick either. Considering the random inconsistency of my memory it’s a miracle I graduated high school.
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