I capitalize "random" words when I'm trying to imply something. Sort of a substitute for "if you know what I mean."
How did your brain even learn human speech? I'm just so curious.
Wash ,'Objects In Space'
Natter 72: We Were Unprepared for This
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Fred Pete - Aug 06, 2013 6:46:59 am PDT #1535 of 30000
Ann, that's a ferret.
Theodosia - Aug 06, 2013 6:53:53 am PDT #1536 of 30000
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
I capitalize playfully when I want a word or concept to be taken Seriously.
aurelia - Aug 06, 2013 6:55:55 am PDT #1537 of 30000
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
I don't know the causes of workplace Pooh Case, but I'm willing to blame business schools.
Tangentially, my entirely unscientific observation leads me to believe that the majority of poor spellers didn't read [books] a lot growing up. That goes double for homophone problems.
Amy - Aug 06, 2013 7:06:03 am PDT #1538 of 30000
Because books.
So is Duck Dynasty scripted or "reality"?
It's reality, I thought, but bon said a friend of hers is applying to write for it, so ... Clearly I'm not up on what "reality" means anymore.
Gudanov - Aug 06, 2013 7:07:09 am PDT #1539 of 30000
Coding and Sleeping
I work with a couple writers who do that. "And when the children are old enough for School, be sure to take them to the Doctor for a checkup first." NO.
Sounds like Winnie the Pooh capitalization is like what Piglet's agent would say during movie negotiations: it's too much to bear.
flea - Aug 06, 2013 7:11:04 am PDT #1540 of 30000
information libertarian
My rising 5th grader Poor Speller reads a ton of books. But she was slow to learn to read, and probably would not be such a happy reader if I wasn't, you know, a librarian. I would bet a lot of poor spellers have brains wired in such a way that makes them not-great readers as well, so their lack of reading books a lot may be a symptom of their problems rather than a cause.
Hil R. - Aug 06, 2013 7:12:03 am PDT #1541 of 30000
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
I read a ton of books as a kid and was a horrible speller. (Or, at least, I was a horrible speller when I was writing. I won a bunch of spelling bees. No one ever figured out how that worked.)
flea - Aug 06, 2013 7:13:48 am PDT #1542 of 30000
information libertarian
Speaking of my rising 5th grader, Hil, she got measured recently and is now as tall as you.
Amy - Aug 06, 2013 7:18:28 am PDT #1543 of 30000
Because books.
Sara is a great reader and an awful speller. In her case, I think it's mostly that she can't be bothered to worry about it.
Burrell - Aug 06, 2013 7:39:16 am PDT #1544 of 30000
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
Franny is another creative speller. I've noticed that she does well on spelling tests, but as soon as she's writing a story or an essay her spelling goes awry. I'm working on a theory that the brain stores the spelling of the word in one slot and the meaning in the other, and her brain hasn't quite laid down the wiring to access both at once.