SteveK wrote:
Aluminum vs. aluminium is another story though.
That one still bugs me out when I hear it said. Took me ages to figure out that the two terms refer to same item, just that it's got an extra letter & an extra syllable in English culture. Confuses me when Brits say "what" in place of "that". I like spelling grey instead of gray, it's an aesthetic choice. I add "u" to some words (or reverse "er" into "re" sometimes), then forget which is the standard American spelling.
Juggernaut wrote:
when I write for myself, I abreviate and remove vowels whenever possible. fr instnc, rght thr I can gt rd of som vwls and you can stl tel what Im atmptng to say
I do the same, to a lesser extent, idiosyncratically & erratically.
Catalyst wrote:
I use the "five-dollar words" because... well, because they're available, and they are in fact more specific than their simpler alternatives. Some people think I'm being pedantic, but I'm just using what seems to be the right word for the moment.
I try to be exacting in my use of language, search for just the right feel to a word when choosing how to formulate what I communicate. It's useful skill, yet can get in the way of my ability to produce words bc. I get stuck when no words seem adequate/right/perfect enough.
homewitch wrote:
The correlations Dr. Grandin makes in her book are more about the significant differences that *are* present between humans (specifically neurotypical humans) and animals (specifically other land mammals.) Without bullet pointing a significant portion of the book, the main divergences come from differences in frontal lobe function and how we (NT) humans process "emotion" in a cognitive fashion, which is not done in the same way that other land mammals do. She makes a convincing case that autistic humans share a lot more in common with land mammals in terms of how frontal lobe activity and cognition affect reactions, thinking, and other activities.
I believe my emotions are more close to those of animals, because my cortex doesn't sufficiently dampen my perceptions of sensations. I'm not a creature who feels myself to be "in control" of myself, my body & mind feel how they feel. The vast amounts of thinking I do on top of that don't seem much help. Can't intellectualize/manipulate/trick self into or out of overwhelming internal states.
Catalyst wrote:
but of course I am not attempting to eat the people, just to express emotion by.... well, hugging them with my teeth.
That's a good way to phrase it. My teeth got old & fell apart, but I used to enjoy biting/"mouthing"-gently gnawing on my boyfriend's neck or shoulder, like my cat with her sock toy. It's the "I feel good around you so I'm increasing our mutually interacting surface areas" nuzzling, not the "I feel bad around you so I'm gonna' shred you" chewing attack.
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28 Nov 2006, 6:55 pm
Aluminum vs. aluminium is another story though.
