Re: CHAT: Boston miniconlangcon photos

 --- "H. S. Teoh" <hsteoh@...> wrote: > On
Mon, Nov 11, 2002 at 07:10:10AM -0500, John Cowan
> wrote:
> > =?iso-8859-1?q?bnathyuw?= scripsit:
> >
> > > hmmm . . . i'm pretty much the opposite. i can
> > > recognise faces and voices no problem at all ;
> what i
> > > can't do is names.
> >
> > My wife has this problem; I think it's a *lot*
> more common than
> > not recognizing faces.
> [snip]
>
> Well, I *also* have this problem. :-P It usually
> takes me up to 10
> reminders before I can reliably remember a person's
> name. And even then,
> I'm known to call a well-acquianted friend by the
> wrong name.
>
> (And don't get me started on phone numbers... last
> night I spent half an
> hour trying to remember my cousin's number, only to
> give up and look it up
> in my notebook. :-P)
>
i always reassure myself that it's because i have a
functional memory : until something makes sense to me
i can't remember it ; as soon as it makes sense i
can't forget it ( well, not for a long time )

so i can remember numbers easily if i can see a
pattern, and names if i can find some way of making
them fit, but until then i'm hopeless

i also have quite a few problems with nouns. i'm often
found saying things along the lines of 'did you put
the thingies in the whatnot ? you know, the writing to
people thingies in red put thingies in through the
slot whatnot'

a few of these then become lexicalised ( a toothy
thing is a single hole punch, a staple picker is a
nicer name for a staple remover usw )

bn

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bnathyuw | landan | arR
stamp the sunshine out | angelfish
your tears came like anaesthesia | phèdre

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