Posted by sigismund on July 8, 2011, at 22:57:32
In reply to Re: I got busted talking to myself » Christ_empowered, posted by floatingbridge on July 8, 2011, at 22:42:06
>I find it difficult to not become hyoer-vigilant about my behavior or symptoms
Oh yes, it's ridiculous.
I'll give you an example.
When you buy things here you go through a sequence when you produce your credit card, which goes.....
'Cheque, savings or credit?'
'Credit'
'Pin or sign?' (PIN = personal identification number.)
Now being the literal type and not wanting to be over-assertive I started saying
'I can pin.'
And then I started worrying about the use of Pin as a verb.
It sounded naf, it kinda sucked (but why?) and then the use of 'can' there bothered me.
It took me months to break the habit and learn off the new routine.
Now I just say
'Pin'
And feel pleased I have made a narrow escape.
poster:sigismund
thread:990232
URL: http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/social/20110617/msgs/990589.html