I remember making friends with a retired Canadian psychologist years ago. A wannabe Indologist, he had come across a Usenet post of mine, an experimental post to test its murky waters. It was great going initially, until he began gradually griping about my exotic choice of words.
There were others causes of friction as well, including my apparently offbeat thoughts. Anyway, his constant cribs about my extensive malapropisms made me do a rethink on my style. Try as I might, I couldn't convince myself into believing the allegations.
Well, countless people before and after him have leveled charges against me on similar grounds. There must be some truth after all! Sid's mail simply adds cause to the conviction! Loved what he wrote...although it was mostly beyond the scope of my limited vocabulary!
Sid, the demarcation between me and 'normal' people was never so conspicuous! Thanks! Seriously, I'll try to do something about it. I love not belonging to the camp of 'normal' folks, but it's lonely camping in solitude.
(I'm posting Sid's mail as the first comment to this post.)
There were others causes of friction as well, including my apparently offbeat thoughts. Anyway, his constant cribs about my extensive malapropisms made me do a rethink on my style. Try as I might, I couldn't convince myself into believing the allegations.
Well, countless people before and after him have leveled charges against me on similar grounds. There must be some truth after all! Sid's mail simply adds cause to the conviction! Loved what he wrote...although it was mostly beyond the scope of my limited vocabulary!
Sid, the demarcation between me and 'normal' people was never so conspicuous! Thanks! Seriously, I'll try to do something about it. I love not belonging to the camp of 'normal' folks, but it's lonely camping in solitude.
(I'm posting Sid's mail as the first comment to this post.)
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got a forward that was rather interesting. couldnt resist from putting it up here :)
DEEPANJAN: Where there are visible vapours having their provenance in ignited carbonaceous materials, there is conflagration.
NORMAL PERSON: Where there's smoke, there's fire!
DEEPANJAN: Exclusive dedication to necessitous chores without interludes of hedonistic diversion renders Jack a hebetudinous fellow.
NORMAL PERSON : All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.
DEEPANJAN: The person presenting the ultimate cachinnation possesses thereby the optimal cachinnation.
NORMAL PERSON : He who laughs last, laughs best
DEEPANJAN: Surveillance should precede saltation.
NORMAL PERSON : Look before you leap
DEEPANJAN: It is fruitless to attempt to indoctrinate a superannuated canine with innovative maneuvers.
NORMAL PERSON : You can't try to teach an old dog new tricks
DEEPANJAN: It is fruitless to become lachrymose of precipitately departed lactile fluid.
NORMAL PERSON : There's no use crying over spilt milk
DEEPANJAN: Freedom from incrustations of grime is contiguous to rectitude.
NORMAL PERSON : Cleanliness is godliness
GRE STUDENT: Members of an avian species of identical plumage tend to congregate.
NORMAL PERSON : Birds of a feather flock together
DEEPANJAN: Pulchritude possesses solely cutaneous profundity.
NORMAL PERSON : Beauty is only skin deep
DEEPANJAN: Male cadavers are incapable of rendering any testimony.
NORMAL PERSON : Dead men tell no tales
DEEPANJAN: Neophyte's serendipity.
NORMAL PERSON : Beginner's luck
DEEPANJAN: A revolving lithic conglomerate accumulates no congeries of small, green, biophytic plant.
NORMAL PERSON : A rolling stone gathers no moss
DEEPANJAN: Scintillate, scintillate, asteroid> minim.
NORMAL PERSON : Twinkle, twinkle, little star
GRE STUDENT: All articles that coruscate with> resplendence are not truly auriferous.
NORMAL PERSON : All that glitters is not gold.
DEEPANJAN: Sorting on the part of mendicants must be interdicted.
NORMAL PERSON : Beggars are not choosers
DEEPANJAN: Individuals who make their abodes in vitreous edifices would be advised to refrain from catapulting perilous projectiles.
A NORMAL PERSON : People who live in glass houses should not throw stones.
And I don't remember you being responsible for any malapropisms .... stop hankering after attention from the pale-faces & appreciate what you've got here.
And 1 more thing .... be yourself .... the world can go fish.
Sid's your roommate!
Malapropisms...well, I was accused of using them extensively. As I said, I wasn't convinced.
Attention hogging for my blog, I love it!
I deeply appreciate what I've got here.
And you're right, the world can go fish!
Don't worry, I don't take such frivolous things to heart! Indeed, I enjoyed it!