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slumry commented on the word linguistical deafblindness
A self explanatory term if ever I saw one.
July 20, 2007
uselessness commented on the word linguistical deafblindness
I'm deaf and blind to language, but I respond to any other stimulus just fine. I like pretty colors.
July 20, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word linguistical deafblindness
Huh? You're on a completely text-based site. What have you been responding to the past 1,675 times? ;)
July 20, 2007
slumry commented on the word linguistical deafblindness
Jen, I suspect that was a definition, not a personal statement. Perhaps it needed quotation marks. I thought it was a neat summation of the term. ;-) It sort of alludes to "Like flickr, but without the photos," which makes me laugh every time.
July 20, 2007
uselessness commented on the word linguistical deafblindness
No, I really am. What are all these glyphs all over the page? They puzzle me. But I like the blue ones, and the slanty ones. I wonder if anyone else has ever seen them, but I have no way of asking to find out.
July 20, 2007
reesetee commented on the word linguistical deafblindness
Try clicking on the pretty blue ones and watch what happens. Ooooooh....
July 20, 2007
slumry commented on the word linguistical deafblindness
Green. . .am I the only one who sees the green ones?
July 20, 2007
reesetee commented on the word linguistical deafblindness
Maybe your visited links are green?
July 20, 2007
slumry commented on the word linguistical deafblindness
Golf links are green, but I do not golf. Perplexing.
July 20, 2007
reesetee commented on the word linguistical deafblindness
Not even a quick visit? ;-)
July 20, 2007
slumry commented on the word linguistical deafblindness
Well, it is true: I have visited a few golf courses, and even *hit* some balls once.
In third grade, we played spelling-bee baseball when it rained. It was the only time I ever was chosen first for any sports team!
July 20, 2007
reesetee commented on the word linguistical deafblindness
I'm not sure I want to know what spelling-bee baseball is....
July 20, 2007
slumry commented on the word linguistical deafblindness
Probably it was Mrs. Hall's invention. As I recall, the desks were bases and players moved around the bases as they spelled words correctly. Pretty simple. We were pretty simple! ;-)
July 20, 2007
reesetee commented on the word linguistical deafblindness
Sounds like fun, actually--as long as it didn't require batting skills!
July 20, 2007
slumry commented on the word linguistical deafblindness
No batting skills required--it was a great consolation for those of us who could neither throw nor hit a ball accurately.
July 20, 2007
uselessness commented on the word linguistical deafblindness
I've only ever been in one spelling bee. I was stupid and overconfident and ended up embarrassing myself on the first word (I still remember, it was please). Spoke too fast, "p-e... I mean, p-l-e-a-s-e..." Too late, I lost. I coulda been a contenda. Never tried a bee again. Oh well, the baseball thing sounds fun. ;-)
July 20, 2007
reesetee commented on the word linguistical deafblindness
U, we share similar fates--the damned L. I nearly got myself to the Washington championship spelling bee once. Even got on local TV for the semifinals. And then I got a word that I absolutely knew how to spell--but my mouth went faster than my brain, and I dropped an "L" while spelling it. Such a tragedy.... *wiping tears*
July 20, 2007
cathari commented on the word linguistical deafblindness
Oh, I did the same thing in the state spelling bee. Got all the way up to twelfth place, and was so nervous-- and so aware that I couldn't make any sounds such as "um"-- that I spelled "um" in the middle of the word.
I was so sad, because I'd been sick the previous year and hadn't been able to compete, and that year was my last chance to make it to nationals... I knew how to spell "speciesism", I swear. It wasn't even hard! Just "species" with an "ism"! And I knew all the other words that came after my turn, too. Ah, my poor little thirteen-year-old heart was broken...
October 31, 2007
reesetee commented on the word linguistical deafblindness
So apparently Wordie is replete with fellow spelling bee should-have-beens. Ah, it's good to be among friends. :-)
October 31, 2007