Re: CHAT: Boston miniconlangcon photos

 --- "H. S. Teoh" <hsteoh@...> wrote: > On
Sun, Nov 10, 2002 at 08:09:59PM -0500, John Cowan
> wrote:
> > H. S. Teoh scripsit:
> >
> > > Perhaps :-) I've been known to mis-identify
> people on the street before
> > > (leading me to be overly hesitant and not
> greeting people I do know).
> >
> > You may have the same brain-wiring problem that I
> have: if I meet someone
> > that I see every day in the wrong context, the
> chances are excellent
> > that I won't recognize them,
>
> Yep!! I'm horrible at recognizing people when
> walking on the street.
> Countless times, I see a stranger that appears to be
> someone I know; but
> when I get closer, I realize it's just a passing
> resemblance. Other times,
> I see an acquiantance on the street but don't know
> who they are until they
> actually speak to me. (And there were a few times
> that I *still* didn't
> recognize who they were. And on at least one
> occasion, I was actually
> wondering why this "stranger" was talking to me...)
>
> [snip]
> > I once had to write an abject letter of apology
> when I received one from
> > my neighbor, who wondered if I was systematically
> cutting him dead!
> > I explained my problems, plus the fact that I'm
> good at recognizing
> > voices, and now he makes a point of greeting me
> first.
> [snip]
>
> Well, you're better off than I am, then. I have
> trouble recognizing voices
> as well, esp. those that don't stand out in any
> particular way to me. This
> is especially bad on the phone. I've had
> friends/relatives call me on the
> phone, and I spend 5 minutes wondering who on earth
> they were, all while
> trying my best to give responses that won't betray
> the fact that I failed
> to recognize them. :-P  And there has been at least
> one occasion where
> their identity didn't dawn on me until after we hung
> up the phone. :-)
>
hmmm . . . i'm pretty much the opposite. i can
recognise faces and voices no problem at all ; what i
can't do is names. it's such a problem i never bother
doing introductions any more so as not to offend the
50% of the people i can't remember the name of

i also have the thing where i meet someone vaguely
well know ( off tv or a journalist or something ) and
i greet them like someone i've met before only to
realise later that i just recognise their face

bn

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

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