This may seem VERY odd...
This may seem VERY odd...
#0This may seem VERY odd...
Posted: 12/30/05 at 10:36pm
but there may be an explanation for it.
Once I've said a word enough times (like..."those"), I start wondering about how the word sounds. Why it sounds like that, and the word itself just becomes peculiar to me. The way it's structured, the way it sounds, how it means what it means. Then after thinking about THAT for a bit, it's like I never want to use the word again because it sounds so strange.
But I get over it. Is this just a weird..quirk I have?
#1re: This may seem VERY odd...
Posted: 12/30/05 at 10:43pmi know what you mean... try saying "cereal" or "elephant" a bunch of times.
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#2re: This may seem VERY odd...
Posted: 12/30/05 at 10:45pm
haha..i was thinking about this today...after i said the word city a million times
wierd...i know
#3re: This may seem VERY odd...
Posted: 12/30/05 at 10:47pmYes, it is odd ... but I do it too!
#4re: This may seem VERY odd...
Posted: 12/30/05 at 10:49pmI do it too, don't feel that you're odd!
#5re: This may seem VERY odd...
Posted: 12/30/05 at 10:51pmI'm not sure how to explain it really. It's not that I don't want to use the word, but it's just that...the word just suddenly seems odd and not used very...frequently? Bagh, I'm not sure.
gavrochegirl
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/16/05
#6re: This may seem VERY odd...
Posted: 12/30/05 at 10:55pmI do the exact same thing. It's weird.
#7re: This may seem VERY odd...
Posted: 12/30/05 at 10:58pmI do that too, all the time. You are not alone, lol.
YankeesFan175
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/8/05
#8re: This may seem VERY odd...
Posted: 12/30/05 at 11:03pmi do it, too. any word can sound strange if you say it enough.
#9re: This may seem VERY odd...
Posted: 12/30/05 at 11:11pmWhoa! I do that too. Another weird thing I will do is stare at a word that has simple spelling and wonder if it is spelled correctly and think that it makes no sense. And, when I was younger, I would stare at a picture of an easily recognizable celebrity until they would not look familiar anymore. I guess it was more like looking at specific parts of the face rather than the whole face. I remember the first person I did that with was Mrs. Garrett on the facts of life...lol. I just remember thinking that she looked nothing like I actually thought she looked. I am weird.
DramaDork925
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/4/05
#10re: This may seem VERY odd...
Posted: 12/30/05 at 11:41pmI think everyone does... lol
LorelaiGilmore
Broadway Star Joined: 8/30/05
#11re: This may seem VERY odd...
Posted: 12/30/05 at 11:42pmall the time
#12re: This may seem VERY odd...
Posted: 12/30/05 at 11:45pmYes yes, all the time! Hahaha. I thought I was the only one who did that!
Unknown User
Joined: 12/31/69
#13re: This may seem VERY odd...
Posted: 12/31/05 at 12:13amyou know what two words lose meaning very quickly? fork and spoon....
Millie42
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/19/04
#14re: This may seem VERY odd...
Posted: 12/31/05 at 12:14amI always question the spelling of words when I have to write them in all caps... my brain focuses on them differently.
Amanda3
Understudy Joined: 12/30/05
#15re: This may seem VERY odd...
Posted: 12/31/05 at 12:17amOmg me too! Glad it isn't only me...:)
#16re: This may seem VERY odd...
Posted: 12/31/05 at 12:19amwow. i thought i was the only one who thinks about that. after awhile i just end up confusing myself so i try not to think about it so often.
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Joined: 12/31/69
#17re: This may seem VERY odd...
Posted: 12/31/05 at 12:22amokay I just thought of something else that I think is wierd of me: I start to think of what things would be like if certain animals were named something different. Ex: if a bird was named "elephant" and vice versa. How wierd would it be if we pointed up to the sky and said "hey look! it's an elephant" *shrugs* I just always think things like that when I get too thinking too much. Anybody else ever do this?
hypertruffle
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/22/05
#18re: This may seem VERY odd...
Posted: 12/31/05 at 12:28am
o.o I always had those thoughts ever since puberty. I always freaked out when I realize that and try to trail my thoughts elsewhere. It's great to hear that I'm not alone and I'n not crazy...
#19re: This may seem VERY odd...
Posted: 12/31/05 at 12:51amI used to wonder if everyone saw colors the same. Like maybe when I see red, someone else may see what I see as blue. It's just one of those weird kid things, I guess.
#20re: This may seem VERY odd...
Posted: 12/31/05 at 1:23amSee, I say these quirk confessions to my friends and they stare at me like some freak who listens to showtunes.
Unknown User
Joined: 12/31/69
#21re: This may seem VERY odd...
Posted: 12/31/05 at 1:44amOo I did that with the word 'enough' one time on a car ride and made myself nauseous. I do it with other words too. Not on car rides though.
#22re: This may seem VERY odd...
Posted: 12/31/05 at 4:49am
I do it too...
I once freaked myself over the word YELLOW.
I mean, look at it. Why is it spelt like that?
It's CRAZY!
gumbo2
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/21/05
#23re: This may seem VERY odd...
Posted: 12/31/05 at 4:57amAh yes, my friend and I have had LONG conversations over people seeing colors differently. And I do that with words all the time. I once became obsessed over the word "lady". It lost all meaning after a while and I just said it over and over, not remembering what it meant.
Unknown User
Joined: 12/31/69
#24re: This may seem VERY odd...
Posted: 12/31/05 at 10:36amhahaha that reminds me of this ray romano bit where he says a 2 year old can amuse himself for hours on end with one sound, like "ladle ladle ladle ladle ladle" -- and then i realized the same goes for me.
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