WritingIsMyReligion
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Thu Jun-14-07 06:06 PM
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Do you write like you speak/speak like you write? |
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I do in terms of tone of voice, level of sarcasm, and vocabulary, as well as sentence structure. In spoken English, however, I add a lot of "like"'s and "er"'s and whatnot, and am a lot more reticent, particularly around strangers or people I'm wary of. My voice is very flat and impassive usually, so I like my "voice" when I write, not when I speak, for in writing I seem a lot more interesting and vibrant. :P
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Guava Jelly
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Thu Jun-14-07 06:10 PM
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sporatic and screwy with really shitty grammar :)
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Xipe Totec
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Thu Jun-14-07 06:12 PM
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2. This is the way I speak; obnoxious, pedantic, and snobbish |
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I can't help it; it's my training.
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Thu Jun-14-07 06:24 PM
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Edited on Thu Jun-14-07 06:33 PM by Drum
Though in both cases it changes a bit depending on who I am addressing (or talkin' to,) and the matter being discussed.
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EDIT to ADD...(after reading more the subsequent posts) I work in the arts, and do speak in front of many ages/demographis of people (nowadays, after being mute as a dancer) and am sometimes sermonizing sort-of, and thankfully because it's arts-related I get to use my points-of-light-speak too. I like the blend!
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Thu Jun-14-07 06:26 PM
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4. Sometimes I revert back to 'total pothead' mode when trying to explain |
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something technical. I caught myself doing it the other day, when I was trying to describe how a computer network firewall works with a proxy server and started talking about points of light in an empty black sphere of the unknown
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Pacifist Patriot
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Thu Jun-14-07 06:29 PM
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5. I try to write like I speak because when I write... |
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it is typically either a sermon or a lecture.
"likes" and "ers" and other filler words drive me crazy when I hear them used. If I saw them in print I'd probably go insane.
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Thu Jun-14-07 06:35 PM
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6. People who meet me first online tell me I'm much the same in person |
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Although I do tend to be more direct and blunt online.
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Thu Jun-14-07 06:48 PM
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LeftyFingerPop
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Thu Jun-14-07 07:12 PM
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8. Yes. Almost exactly as I speak. Interesting question. n/t |
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Thu Jun-14-07 07:16 PM
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Thu Jun-14-07 07:54 PM
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I know someone who definately speaks the same as he writes. Funny as hell.
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Thu Jun-14-07 07:55 PM
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12. My writing is usually more formal-- |
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at least nowadays. Mostly it's political essay that I'm writing now--I haven't yet gotten back "my voice" for writing fiction.
I tend to be more chatty in person, unless I'm with all strangers, in which case I'm quieter. I tend to ramble sometimes. My vocabulary is also more limited when I talk because I don't have time to choose the exact words I'm looking for.
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Thu Jun-14-07 07:57 PM
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13. Yes, except I say "fuck" less when speaking than I do when writing. |
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I'm a very good public speaker, if I may say so myself, and I do...that's something not everyone is good at.
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Thu Jun-14-07 07:57 PM
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I'm an even bigger asshole in real life
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