You'll either know what I'm talking about or you won't...
Thursday, October 13th, 2005 08:01 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
caddymanThe written word is both a blessing and a curse. Frequently both at the same time and, in the same sentence or passage.
It allows you the luxury of carefully considering and nuancing your message in a manner that might not be immediately possible in spoken language, especially if you are prone to bouts of wit d'escalier and miss the moment.
On the other hand, it is this very flexibility that ensures that the many shades of meaning get reduced to the meaning of choice by the reader, who will frequently not see alternative interpretations. Such is the case with a piece I wrote recently, and which one or two of you will have seen posted in another place.
The upshot?
I am about to embark upon a simmer war with a very self-absorbed idiot.
It allows you the luxury of carefully considering and nuancing your message in a manner that might not be immediately possible in spoken language, especially if you are prone to bouts of wit d'escalier and miss the moment.
On the other hand, it is this very flexibility that ensures that the many shades of meaning get reduced to the meaning of choice by the reader, who will frequently not see alternative interpretations. Such is the case with a piece I wrote recently, and which one or two of you will have seen posted in another place.
The upshot?
I am about to embark upon a simmer war with a very self-absorbed idiot.