Re: Seriously Forgetful [was Re: Terrified of [was Re: Regret the error]]

Wood Avens wrote:

On Fri, 03 Mar 2006 17:36:28 GMT, "Maria Conlon"
<maria.c-b@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

This business of certain phrases (and words, too) sounding odd to me is rather new and sort of scary -- maybe even terrifying. (I'm not referring, by the way, to usages that are strictly regional. Not being familiar with those usages is understandable.)

(Just now, it was necessary for me to look for synonyms of "area" that begin with "r." I could remember the "r" but not "regional.")

I've been a reader ever since I was four or so; I've been the type who reads dictionaries (as well as other types of books) just for the fun of discovery. So, there are all sorts of common usages that should not sound odd to me. And yet they do, and with increasing frequency.

Anyone else dealing with this? Any hints for improvement? You know -- drink carrot juice, or go into trances, or sleep more....?


Are you sure it's not caused by reading or repeating a word or phrase
over and over again? After a while, even the simplest, most familiar
thing starts to look weird and improbable. It's the effect of reading
this group, and being inveigled into really looking at a word or
phrase for the first time, after having taken it for granted all one's
life.

Yes, I'm sure it's the influence of aue but, coupled with a failing memory, it can be a bit disconcerting. Recently I spent a sleepless night trying to remember the name for those easels that carry giant pads of paper in a classroom (Why? Because I needed to ask our administrator for one the following day). Although the words "flip chart stand" finally came to me as I was driving to work the next morning, I wasn't entirely confident that that was what I should be asking for. The more I thought about it, the odder it seemed. Where's the chart in a flip chart?


If it's not that, gingko biloba is supposed to be good. My husband
has just bought some, but I'm not sure he's remembering to take it.


I know several people who have told me that they have started taking it but I keep forgetting to ask if it's made any difference...

--
Laura
(emulate St. George for email)
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    ... rather new and sort of scary -- maybe even terrifying. ... (I'm not referring, by the way, to usages that are strictly regional. ... Although the words "flip chart stand" finally came to me as I was driving to work the next morning, I wasn't entirely confident that that was what I should be asking for. ... There's usually someone around who I can ask about names of people and I've developed strategies for dealing with the embarrassment of being faced with people whose names elude me. ...
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    ... rather new and sort of scary -- maybe even terrifying. ... referring, by the way, to usages that are strictly regional. ... Although the words "flip chart stand" ... I admit I spent a fruitless hour or two the other day ...
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  • Re: Seriously Forgetful [was Re: Terrified of [was Re: Regret the error]]
    ... This business of certain phrases sounding odd to me is ... rather new and sort of scary -- maybe even terrifying. ... referring, by the way, to usages that are strictly regional. ... Are you sure it's not caused by reading or repeating a word or phrase ...
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  • Re: Seriously Forgetful [was Re: Terrified of [was Re: Regret the error]]
    ... Maria Conlon wrote: ... is rather new and sort of scary -- maybe even terrifying. ... referring, by the way, to usages that are strictly regional. ...
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