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Dear reader,

 

Thanks for reading this. I don't know why, but I'm guessing you want to be friendly, which is therefore awesome. I don't really know what to type here, but I'll say my medical state and a general bit about me. Wanting to keep it positive, I'll start off with me, ignoring the general self-centered-ness about it.

 

I'm a female minor (not divulging my details) who is of above average height, brown hair and brown eyes and of a Indian-Caucasian descent. I am currently a monoglot, but aiming to be a bi, even multilingual, in preferably Japanese (I'll stop here if it's too difficult - hopefully not :P ), Italian, German and Dutch in that order. I have awful vision, which makes it necessary to wear glasses around the clock. Except when I lay in bed, for it's uncomfortable and unnecessary. And pretty damned pointless when I fall asleep. My hair is my pride and joy, meaning it is constantly maintained, although it tends to get knotty without being the slightest bit active. It hasn't been cut in a long time because hairdressers are scary. I am physically of average/above average strength, but nothing too impressive. I don't do too much physical exercise (I'll state why later), but I have a black belt in Taekwondo and I am a competent swimmer and have a basic knowledge of first aid. I think I am a pleasant, honest and trustworthy person and I hope you also perceive me that way. Others that don't understand about all this call me bossy when I involve myself with others. I tend to keep my distance, but when forced to work in a group, I suppose I may come off this way simply because I feel I know what's right to do, especially academically. I admit I may not know what to do in social situations, but then again, that's really not my forte so I don't combat it. And I'm not a genius (although I'd love to believe I am) so I don't actually know the answer for everything, contrary to popular belief. Well, I'm glad you now know a lot more, (probably) unnecessary information about me. I just thought I'd be polite, although, thinking about it, all this is quite unnecessary. I have used "unnecessary" a lot in this so far.

 

Okay, medical side now. Officially, I am not diagnosed with anything on the AS at all, but on every online test I took, mainly the same EQ test again (scoring 42 every time) points to high on the scale. My parents will not allow me to see the GP, for they believe what I suspect to be something on the AS is merely an eccentricity and a part of my personality. I suspect I also have a heart condition, called inappropriate sinus tachycardia. It's basically a type of arrhythmia which causes problems when I do too much physical exercise, stuff such as vomiting, fainting, and worse of all, potentially a heart attack occurs. It hasn't happened yet, mind! Again, not officially diagnosed, but I really do suspect it, as a pain reported by others with this is identical to the ones I feel. After running one circuit at my Taekwondo club caused me to projectile vomit all over the floor and black out in the puddle. It's actually quite hilarious now I think back to it. The thing that alerted me it wasn't just something weird was, when they checked my pulse, they said "Oh gosh, her pulse rate is over 100" which worried me. Again, this is the only thing that is officiallly wrong with me, and that's an inflamed patella tendon on my left knee. It's an annoying problem caused by a car crash that physiotherapists are sorting out, so I'll get some money out of it :) I haven't done physical activity for 12 weeks.

 

Y'know, I think I might be a bit of a hypochondriac, regarding the heart condition, because I'm just generally out of shape. Alas, there will always be something wrong with me if I try and pin all my problems on actual problems, not myself.

 

I know I'm a really awful person in some regards (i.e; modesty, tact, always wanting to blame my unhealthiness on a condition...) but I am honestly a really nice person (see? I'm really not modest!) who I hope can get along with all of you. I also noticed as I've been typing this that this is just really a splurge of words to get all the thoughts out of my head, while making friends in the process. I'll gladly accept any suggestions about getting diagnosed (or not, (hopefully(?))) and this is a really long introductory post.

 

Yours Sincerely,

 

KalamityKat (it's not really my name, just an internet alias.)

 

 

(TL;DR: I am just a new person that's up for friends and not officially diagnosed (although wants to be))

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Dear KalamityKat,

 

Welcome to the forum!

I don't know why, but I'm guessing you want to be friendly...

 

I hope we do! I find this forum a lot friendlier than some others I've known.

 

 

I am currently a monoglot, but aiming to be a bi, even multilingual, in preferably Japanese (I'll stop here if it's too difficult - hopefully not :P ), Italian, German and Dutch in that order.

 

I know a few aspies who are trying to learn Japanese. :banman1: Japan seems to be a particularly aspie interest. Personally I wouldn't go near that language - far too alien and difficult! Of those four, Italian's the easiest. Language and languages count among my special interests - I'm more of a 'polyscrib' than a polyglot, though.

 

I have awful vision, which makes it necessary to wear glasses around the clock. Except when I lay in bed, for it's uncomfortable and unnecessary. And pretty damned pointless when I fall asleep.

Haha! :D I wonder if people who wear glasses, do better at sleep-walking if the keep them on... I'm lucky. I have very good vision, but only when my visual sensory issues aren't playing up.

My hair is my pride and joy, meaning it is constantly maintained, although it tends to get knotty without being the slightest bit active.

So does your hair 'get active' at times? Fascinating... I wonder if you're a descendant of Stheno, Euryale or Medusa? I have a young Moldovan friend who can easily sit on her hair. Is yours that long? If so I'm jealous :) (I have a thing about long hair)

It hasn't been cut in a long time because hairdressers are scary.

 

Nor has mine, but it never grows any longer, and yes, hairdressers are scary. I never go near them - except when necessarily walking past. I don't even like the toxic fumes that sometimes float through the doorways. Eurrgh!

I am physically of average/above average strength, but nothing too impressive. ...I have a black belt in Taekwondo and I am a competent swimmer and have a basic knowledge of first aid.

Hmm, your strength could be due to your Gorgon heritage... I know two aspies who do Taekwando. I have a black belt too - necessarily bought from a charity shop.... I can't swim, but I'm pretty fit for may age, taught gymnastics for years, and have been on first aid courses. I was never a Nadia Comaneci though!

I think I am a pleasant, honest and trustworthy person and I hope you also perceive me that way.


I do, at least. :)

Others that don't understand about all this call me bossy when I involve myself with others. I tend to keep my distance, but when forced to work in a group, I suppose I may come off this way simply because I feel I know what's right to do, especially academically.

If you are right about what is right to do, then a little bossiness isn't really bossiness at all and it doesn't go amiss, but if you're wrong, you're just a plain bossyboots. I know someone who gives the impression of being bossy, but that's not her intent, for she has OCPD - she likes order and everything to be done the right way, but sometimes this isn't always very efficient for it takes her so long - but the result is flawless - if she completes it.

I admit I may not know what to do in social situations, but then again, that's really not my forte so I don't combat it.

Nor do I, and nor is it mine. Just be yourself.

And I'm not a genius (although I'd love to believe I am) so I don't actually know the answer for everything, contrary to popular belief.

No genius knows the answer to everything. Those people who give that impression are Know-Alls - they don't know all though so they're necessarily oxymoronic. 'Genius' is a rather subjective and ill-defined word meaning having a particular way of thinking (which requires a high IQ), and is rare. It may or may not be associated with having a wide range of knowledge.

Well, I'm glad you now know a lot more, (probably) unnecessary information about me. I just thought I'd be polite, although, thinking about it, all this is quite unnecessary. I have used "unnecessary" a lot in this so far.


I like learning about people, so for that reason anything they say helps. What you say, and what I say, is unnecessarily necessary. Quite necessarily so!

Officially, I am not diagnosed with anything on the AS at all, but on every online test I took, mainly the same EQ test again (scoring 42 every time) points to high on the scale.

High EQ is common in female-type AS (whether in males or females). I tested my own a while ago at 67 - significantly above average. The average range being 33-52.

My parents will not allow me to see the GP, for they believe what I suspect to be something on the AS is merely an eccentricity and a part of my personality.

 

For many years I was just thought to be 'eccentric'. No-one looked for the cause; not even me. You have right to see your GP against your parents' wishes. It could very much be in your interest - although a GP would have to refer you to a specialist.

I suspect I also have a heart condition, called inappropriate sinus tachycardia. It's basically a type of arrhythmia which causes problems when I do too much physical exercise, stuff such as vomiting, fainting, and worse of all, potentially a heart attack occurs. It hasn't happened yet, mind!

Please get checked out over this. It might not be serious, but then it might. It's always far better to seek medical help sooner rather than later - very necessary.

 

Y'know, I think I might be a bit of a hypochondriac, regarding the heart condition, because I'm just generally out of shape. Alas, there will always be something wrong with me if I try and pin all my problems on actual problems, not myself.

This is possible. My friend with OCPD 'imagines' she suffers from all kinds of conditions (some genuine; others unlikely). Hypochondria and OCPD are closely related. OCPD and AS can also occur together.

 

I know I'm a really awful person in some regards (i.e; modesty, tact, always wanting to blame my unhealthiness on a condition...) but I am honestly a really nice person (see? I'm really not modest!) who I hope can get along with all of you.

Of course you're a nice person - modestly nice, like me! :rolleyes:

I also noticed as I've been typing this that this is just really a splurge of words to get all the thoughts out of my head, while making friends in the process. I'll gladly accept any suggestions about getting diagnosed (or not, (hopefully(?))) and this is a really long introductory post.

I love 'splurges of words'. I'm an obsessive writer, and a lot of what I write is pretty splurgy and unnecessary! :hypno: Why do you say 'hopefully not'? If you do have AS, OCPD, a heart condition, etc. it's always better to know earlier than later, when more damage has been done. It's so important to understand ourselves, and most people really don't even try. Sometimes we need the help of others, including experts, to help us put all the pieces of the jigsaw together.

Yours necessarily Kalamitously,

 

Mihaela (my real name, btw) :robbie:

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Dear Mihaela,

 

Thank you! Your response was very sweet and you are a nice person. You made me laugh about my hair. I meant that if I'm not doing a lot, like sitting down, when I stand up again, I have to comb it through because it gets all knotty again. It's very annoying because there are spots I miss and it sometimes doesn't hurt then it REALLY hurts. It is not alive at all, although it would be very interesting - not necessarily good, however - if my hair was alive. I can't sit on my hair just yet, but it stops at my hip bone, meaning I shall sit on it soon! One of my friends offered to get their lovely mother to cut it for me in a non-hairdresser environment. I'm a bit wary, but I might give it a go. I'm not sure if I trust her mother with the scissors though :/

 

I love writing for writing's sake also! I agree with the splurgy and unnecessary part of that. What I meant by the complicated brackety bit was that I'd be diagnosed with nothing, not "not diagnosed" and I said" hopefully", as in it's a good thing that I don't have AS or any of the other stuff. But then again, having AS isn't what I'd consider BAD, per se, but rather just a thing.

 

Yours unnecessarily-but-here-all-the-same,

 

Jasmine (now that's my real name :P)

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KalamityKat if your eccentricity is mild enough that a diagnose is unnecessary, do not get one. Although discrimination against all sorts of things is illegal, it still goes on, the law is sidestepped.

On no account ever get a diagnoses for any condition that could cause you to be discriminated against, life is hard enough for young university graduates seeking work, do not make your situation worse.

Youth and enthusiasm will help you, eccentricity should be kept in check, as best you can.

 

I have not yet been diagnosed, I am past working on the way to the exit door, the diagnoses will help me now with benefits and physical help. A diagnoses during my working life would have been a disaster for me, I would never worked, its as simple as that, no one wants anyone with a 'mental illness' or a 'heart condition'.

I have been "odd" with something I call the "wall" which is most likely a heart condition, all my life, as long as I remember.

 

Ian

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KalamityKat if your eccentricity is mild enough that a diagnose is unnecessary, do not get one. Although discrimination against all sorts of things is illegal, it still goes on, the law is sidestepped.

On no account ever get a diagnoses for any condition that could cause you to be discriminated against, life is hard enough for young university graduates seeking work, do not make your situation worse.

Youth and enthusiasm will help you, eccentricity should be kept in check, as best you can.

 

 

People do not discriminate against the condition, they discriminate against traits of a person. Kalamity, the discrimination will likely be worse if you don't get a diagnosis.

 

Have you shown your parents the results of your AQ tests? If not, it might be worth showing them now. You could also sit down with them and discuss your reasons for thinking you have AS rather than just 'general eccentricities', especially seeing as most people who were formerly seen as 'eccentric' in the oh-so-revered 20th century and beforehand would be likely to receive an AS diagnosis now. If you can persuade your parents to let you see your GP, it might be very useful for you to get a diagnosis - as you are a minor, you are entitled to so many more forms of support than you would be as an adult. I can see you're a very intelligent young lady so getting support now may be useful in achieving your full potential.

 

As someone who went through childhood and adolescence with AS, I'd like to give you a piece of advice: Try your utmost hardest to stay positive about things and never forget who you are. I spent a lot of my younger years being negative and pessimistic and trying to be someone I'm not and at 23 years old I've realised that it is a habit that gets harder to break as you get older. I am striving to be more positive now, even if I do have the occasional slip-up and regress into Moaning Matt. And it does feel so much better. You can achieve so much more if you're feeling positive. I see a lot of potential in you and would hate for it to go to waste.

 

I wish you the very best of luck with life and encourage you to enjoy your childhood and adolescence as much as you can! Remember - only you can make yourself become the best adult you can. No one else can shape you, even though they will try. Good luck!

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KalamityKat if your eccentricity is mild enough that a diagnose is unnecessary, do not get one. Although discrimination against all sorts of things is illegal, it still goes on, the law is sidestepped.

On no account ever get a diagnoses for any condition that could cause you to be discriminated against, life is hard enough for young university graduates seeking work, do not make your situation worse.

Youth and enthusiasm will help you, eccentricity should be kept in check, as best you can.

 

 

People do not discriminate against the condition, they discriminate against traits of a person. Kalamity, the discrimination will likely be worse if you don't get a diagnosis.

 

As someone who went through childhood and adolescence with AS, I'd like to give you a piece of advice: Try your utmost hardest to stay positive about things and never forget who you are. I spent a lot of my younger years being negative and pessimistic and trying to be someone I'm not and at 23 years old I've realised that it is a habit that gets harder to break as you get older. I am striving to be more positive now, even if I do have the occasional slip-up and regress into Moaning Matt. And it does feel so much better. You can achieve so much more if you're feeling positive. I see a lot of potential in you and would hate for it to go to waste.

 

I wish you the very best of luck with life and encourage you to enjoy your childhood and adolescence as much as you can! Remember - only you can make yourself become the best adult you can. No one else can shape you, even though they will try. Good luck!

 

Dear Matt and Ian,

 

I believe you are both correct in some respects. It would be pleasant to know that I don't have anything on the AS. And I can work towards not being as eccentric. But that's not who I am. It's quite blatant that I almost definitely have something up with me. As autism.co.uk says, "Having an explanation for the problems that your child has been experiencing can bring a sense of relief. It also provides you with the information you need to get access to the most appropriate education and services." and I think that's very accurate. I will attempt to convince my parents to take me to the GP. I already get discriminated in certain respects, but all it does is makes me laugh because they think they are being mean but they are actually being pathetic. I know that I am better than them so what ever they do to "hurt" me is futile. And it makes me laugh. I am me, and I can't do a thing about that. All I can do is be happy that I AM me, and not somebody else that isn't me. Because I am awesome.

 

Yay! Being positive is good. Although I don't think this constantly, this is my mantra to keep positive. I'm not actually this conceited. I promise.

 

Yours positively,

 

Jasmine.

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Thanks for the flattery. It really boosts my modesty levels! A necessity in this cold weather. ;)

I happen to have a 14yo aspie friend called Jasmine (she's seriously mad, and that's why we get on), and Jasmine also happened to the name of my last cat - who happened to be something of a Kalamity Cat, so you're in good company. http://www.wigantoday.net/news/local/a-real-euro-cat-1-4045317
(The original article had a photo, but it's now disappeared)

Hmm... it's clear your hair is a big (and long) part of your personality, but this seems to be yet another mysterious paradox about you:

I can't sit on my hair just yet, but it stops at my hip bone, meaning I shall sit on it soon! [YAY!]* One of my friends offered to get their lovely mother to cut it for me in a non-hairdresser environment. I'm a bit wary, but I might give it a go. I'm not sure if I trust her mother with the scissors though :/

If you cast caution to the winds (which can really tangle hair, btw, especially when ferocious) and 'give it a go', then how will you be able to use your hair as an improvised cushion any time 'soon'. It's good to hear about the 'non-hairdresser environment' salonophobe's option though.

 

I love writing for writing's sake also! I agree with the splurgy and unnecessary part of that.

Yes, it shows... I presume splurginess, like hair, come high on your personality-trait essentials list. They'd guarantee some kind of oddball diagnosis - so I wouldn't worry too much over getting a non-diagnosis. I now understand your "complicated {brackety} bit" completely, thanks to your brilliantly-written clear-as-mud explanation.

 

But then again, having AS isn't what I'd consider BAD, per se, but rather just a thing.

 

So profoundly true and staggeringly astute. Your scissor-sharp (sorry) logic intuitively sees that having AS is morally neutral and therefore AS qualifies as a thing. I'd love to delve deeper into the philosophy of 'thingness' but that would necessarily be yet another thing.

 

Yours unnecessarily-but-here-all-the-same,

 

So glad you were there-all-the-same. It's comforting to know that you weren't absent and that I'm not rambling on to nobody or using double negatives.

 

Necessarily yours,

 

Mildred (not my real name)

 

PS - I've just read your last post. I'll reply to it later. I agree, your awesome oddity is quite shamelessly blatant ;)

* Editor's comment.)

 

 

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Dear Not-Mildred

 

Regarding my hair, it does seem rather contradictory. My mother is encouraging me to get my hair cut, and I am considering it. I used to be able to sit on my hair, but I attacked it with scissors myself when something got stuck halfway up it. Oops. I could grow it back, but then my mother raised the issues, on how it would be more difficult to comb it, style it (I don't do it anyway, but that's still an argument) and the longer I left it, the more it would cost to get it cut professionally (so I told her how I could get a friend('s mother) to do it). I have a cousin who used to have their hair down by their thighs. They were Sikh, and only cut it because she tripped up and injured herself. Even then, she cut it so she could still sit on it. They just aren't near her legs anymore.

 

Unnecessarily mine,

 

Jane (not my real name, either.)

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Dear Matt and Ian,

 

I believe you are both correct in some respects. It would be pleasant to know that I don't have anything on the AS. And I can work towards not being as eccentric. But that's not who I am. It's quite blatant that I almost definitely have something up with me. As autism.co.uk says, "Having an explanation for the problems that your child has been experiencing can bring a sense of relief. It also provides you with the information you need to get access to the most appropriate education and services." and I think that's very accurate. I will attempt to convince my parents to take me to the GP. I already get discriminated in certain respects, but all it does is makes me laugh because they think they are being mean but they are actually being pathetic. I know that I am better than them so what ever they do to "hurt" me is futile. And it makes me laugh. I am me, and I can't do a thing about that. All I can do is be happy that I AM me, and not somebody else that isn't me. Because I am awesome.

 

Yay! Being positive is good. Although I don't think this constantly, this is my mantra to keep positive. I'm not actually this conceited. I promise.

 

Yours positively,

 

Jasmine.

Hi Jasmine,

 

if I want to interfere as an older person not diagnosed so far (but very much sure that I'm neurodiverse), also being a teacher and working with some high-functioning autistic and Asperger children I must give you my opinion. It's true that there is discrimination all over the place and if I think about telling any of my colleagues to be an aspie, I don't think they would be pleased to be around me anymore. Because at the minute I'm eccentric for them, strange yes, obsessed with certain things and incredibly independent which is a mere lack of social contact to the full because of my social phobia that I have developed over time. For them it's rather something exciting and, therefore, very positive. This would then be changed into me having a condition and the "aaaahhh, that's why she's like that" - reaction.

 

I believe your parents and mine are very similar in their point of view. They try to think it away, "it doesn't happen in our family" and a condition like autism has a stigma and is, therefore, not wanted. I once talked to a family who had the ideas of autistic children vomiting all over you when I mentioned I would like to be a special needs teacher for autistic children. It turned my stomach upside down hearing this nonsense.

However, I know if I had known of my condition earlier, I wouldn't have done things I have done in my life and I would have suffered far less. I probably would have benefitted from certain support strategies and it would have been easier for me to live with myself. Certain things would have been dismissed, some things would have never occurred to do if I only had known... . It's difficult to make that decision for any person but it becomes more difficult at a later stage, I believe, also because I have heard that the NHS don't want to diagnose adults necessarily and as a youngster schools are very much into protecting their students. At least this is what happens in mine. A lot of children come to us from primary schools and are diagnosed at the age of 11 or 12 and straight away you can tell in the change that they demonstrate in their attitude that they have support in form of counsellors and also the school's pastoral system covers care for them extensively. Their self-confidence is built up very much and they're encouraged to participate in everything with neurotypical students. The inclusive system is therapeutic in many cases, often it can be challenging for all participants, of course.

Surely, these are the two sides and although I do believe that when these children leave school, they may be discriminated in a way but they will at least have the confidence to develop a thicker skin, will be aware of their issues and avoid common issues of unemployment, for instance. If was told on this forum only yesterday, that it's important to know who we are in order to feel well in ourselves and I definitely agree with this.

 

I hope what I've written makes sense and helps a bit! :)

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Dear not-Jane,

 

It would be pleasant to know that I don't have anything on the AS. And I can work towards not being as eccentric. But that's not who I am. It's quite blatant that I almost definitely have something up with me.

Yes, this is blatantly evident from your posts. :) You're also highly intelligent. I think it's useful to know why our eccentricity exists, for then we're no longer merely inexplicably 'weird'. Our weirdness has a neurological origin and gets an official stamp. I know that as far as I'm concerned, my intelligence and unconventional ways of thinking have made it possible to write some very original work. This is how I've compensated for my many weaknesses; it's helped my cope and remain (relatively)( sane. Both my strengths and weaknesses I owe to AS. It's like a double-edged sword in a way, and it's up to us how we see this - either positively or negatively, half-full or half-empty (depending on our personality - our predisposition(). Although very aware of my weaknesses, I strive not to let them get in the way of my strengths - and usually they don't. Years of practice improves our strengths, and strength it possible to reduce our weaknesses - but it can be hard work.

"Having an explanation for the problems that your child has been experiencing can bring a sense of relief. It also provides you with the information you need to get access to the most appropriate education and services." and I think that's very accurate.

And so do I! If only I'd had an early diagnosis - my life would have been much easier and I'd have suffered far less. (I've tried to make use of my suffering [you'd never believe what I've gone through} to help others who are suffering]. I always try to squeeze good out of bad; it's just the way I am, but all the same I've not had a happy life until quite recently. I'm now catching up on what I've missed. I wouldn't wish that on anyone.

I will attempt to convince my parents to take me to the GP. I already get discriminated in certain respects, but all it does is makes me laugh because they think they are being mean but they are actually being pathetic.

It's not only in your interest, but it's in your parents' interests that you get a diagnosis - otherwise they'll very likely suffer in the future (as mine did) - and so will you [as I did]. I've seen this happen so many times when aspies don't get diagnosed until later in life. The advantages of an early diagnosis should far outweigh the disadvantages, especially in the long term - and you're strong too - a big advantage. You have far more sense than those pathetic, mentally-challenged inadequates do; it shows in all you say. (You remind me very much that 14yo aspie girl I know - but she does suffer from bullying, and goes to a school where teachers turn a blind eye - as so many do - which so angers me).

I know that I am better than them so what ever they do to "hurt" me is futile. And it makes me laugh. I am me, and I can't do a thing about that. All I can do is be happy that I AM me, and not somebody else that isn't me. Because I am awesome.


This is how my my friend should see herself, and I'll show her what you've just said. She knows she's intelligent and creative (she's a good writer and is writing a book) and she talks a lot of sense, but the peer pressure and bullying does upset her and dent her self-esteem. Your attitude is totally awesome, and that's what she needs to develop. Stay being YOU! :clap:

 

Now onto more serious stuff:

 

Regarding my hair, it does seem rather contradictory.

 

Contradictory hair is almost as bad as active hair. Mine becomes hag-ridden* overnight - not a pleasant experience.

My mother is encouraging me to get my hair cut, and I am considering it. I used to be able to sit on my hair, but I attacked it with scissors myself when something got stuck halfway up it.

A mare's nest*, maybe? (A mane can be a pain].

I could grow it back, but then my mother raised the issues, on how it would be more difficult to comb it, style it (I don't do it anyway, but that's still an argument).

 

And so it should be! Why on earth would you want to 'style' it? Why would anyone? Why do hairdressers even exist? {I see them as an example of the rampant commercially-motivated exploitation of vanity - itself a product of NT gullibility to gender-role insanity] Madness! :bounce:

 

Even then, she cut it so she could still sit on it. They just aren't near her legs anymore.

 

I'm a bit confuddled over this. What precisely aren't near her legs? Her feet perhaps? Hmm, I suppose it's possible that, by using the 3rd person plural pronoun 'they', you could be referring to the plural of the singular noun 'hair' {as in 'the three golden hairs'*{ rather than to the more usual collective noun 'hair' - as in 'my hair is long', meaning not one lone hair but a Great, Overwhelming, All-Encompassing Mass )or mane( of hair. If the former, it's a decidedly eccentric way of speaking, and therefore awesome. If the latter, then it's unspeakably bad grammar.

 

Very necessarily pedantically mine,

 

Miss Hubble (maybe)

*Look it up, if necessarily. }Otherwise don't bother{.

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