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Been married for 20 years...been there and done that...and I agree that it is definitely one way of thinking about it. But it is definitely not the only way...or even the first way that comes to mind. It is all based on the context of the sentence and the context of the conversation.
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I like to mix things up with a little semicolon action sometimes, but it's not something I do very often. You know, gotta save it for that special occasion.
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Is that really what a "rutabaga" is? It's such an odd word that I've often wondered .
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That was my point. It's word-association test without any framework. I am reminded on the scene in Armageddon where the guy sees breasts in all the ink blots.
If I put Rorschach on a page on its own then there's a reasonable chance it might convey some fairly predictable meaning to most readers. But put up a word like Period or Second, then any response from the reader relies as much on what they was doing in the time leading up to seeing that word as it does on anything else. |
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Period Period Period First thing that comes to my mind: "replace that mess with a …" If you are "in the business" and discuss "aunt Flow" regularly then you would probably have a different first thought....but even so, it is still contextual....all the points being made are context based. Even seeing a single word pop up out of the blue in the middle of nowhere relies on some form of context to give it meaning...If your thought processes automatically jump to "flow" then that is an indication of YOUR thought patterns and how you relate to your environment...not that there is anything wrong with that. My issue with your original comment was your assumption that all adults in America automatically think that when the word comes up. They don't. |
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Yes, we have them but, as mentioned above, we call them "swedes". I didn't know (until reading this thread) that the mysterious, and from a British viewpoint, rather oddly-named "rutabagas", were the same thing.
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I'd hate to see what British listeners picture when composers and academics talk about periodic rhythms.
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