tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2923792986438866285.post6686586799404988013..comments2024-01-01T08:56:57.641-08:00Comments on Periphery: Think Outside the Dead HorseTangledLouhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04771682524596744447noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2923792986438866285.post-17257433208148799682012-11-02T20:06:19.728-07:002012-11-02T20:06:19.728-07:00I was about to say that I know there's no tech...I was about to say that I know there's no technical deadline, but this is later than even <i>I</i> want to be to the party (heh--I use that one a lot, even though I hate cliches with a fiery passion--oops there's another one) then I realized Tara just posted hers yesterday. Hmmmm, something to chew on. (It's incredibly hard to stop once you get started.) <br /><br />PS--Totally with you on the baby talk/Motherese thing. I have gotten some strange looks over the years for my technique (which was really just doing what came naturally to me), but I stand behind it completely and have every intention of using it on my grandkids. ;)Masked Momhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08197019009052401812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2923792986438866285.post-23706704685729408902012-11-01T04:48:24.499-07:002012-11-01T04:48:24.499-07:00http://faithinambiguity.blogspot.com/2012/11/a-viv...http://faithinambiguity.blogspot.com/2012/11/a-vivisection-of-cliches.html<br /><br />Here! It's November 1st at 5:40 AM and here! See? I didn't forget!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08644569152748119356noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2923792986438866285.post-86508437135120530972012-10-26T09:59:31.259-07:002012-10-26T09:59:31.259-07:00Love this! This is one of the best uses of cliche ...Love this! This is one of the best uses of cliche that I have seen in a while. I love how you turned them on their ears.TangledLouhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04771682524596744447noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2923792986438866285.post-51202122807195634082012-10-26T09:58:52.405-07:002012-10-26T09:58:52.405-07:00There is no deadline, of course. I can't imagi...There is no deadline, of course. I can't imagine trying to make this into fiction. <br />I use "potty" too, for some reason. jBird rolls her eyes and says "No, I don't have to go to the potty. I have to go to the bathroom." She is my child.TangledLouhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04771682524596744447noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2923792986438866285.post-37713808233874254652012-10-26T09:57:43.334-07:002012-10-26T09:57:43.334-07:00Not feeble at all. I love it! I love to run a trit...Not feeble at all. I love it! I love to run a trite saying through the mind of a child and see what comes out. It's often the truth.TangledLouhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04771682524596744447noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2923792986438866285.post-81287876752123861552012-10-23T07:44:41.293-07:002012-10-23T07:44:41.293-07:00Yep. That's pretty much what we did, too. (Exc...Yep. That's pretty much what we did, too. (Except for some reason, I still talk about "potties". I mean, I talk about them when I'M the one to have to go, as if a thirty-seven year-old woman should use a god-durned "potty". Clearly I'm insane.)<br /><br />I am working on something for this. And I am trying to have it be fiction, so I can stick with my October commitment. So far, it's not really working out. You may get a reply early in November instead. ;)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08644569152748119356noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2923792986438866285.post-28025017733386207222012-10-20T09:21:17.080-07:002012-10-20T09:21:17.080-07:00I didn't analyze or dissect or think too hard,...I didn't analyze or dissect or think too hard, but I did write about a cliche that has become a family motto! <br /><br />http://butteredtoastrocks.blogspot.com/2012/10/bite-off-more-than-you-can-chew.htmlMichellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05754778263332756663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2923792986438866285.post-54093153616266648242012-10-19T15:21:27.841-07:002012-10-19T15:21:27.841-07:00Here's my feeble contribution. And a picture o...Here's my feeble contribution. And a picture of ducks.<br />http://papaisapreacher.blogspot.ca/2012/10/a-cliche.htmlLarissa T.https://www.blogger.com/profile/18054129254135419707noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2923792986438866285.post-90183690438163968272012-10-18T16:17:09.256-07:002012-10-18T16:17:09.256-07:00You were right!
http://sleepyjoes.blogspot.co.uk/...You were right!<br /><br />http://sleepyjoes.blogspot.co.uk/2012/10/dancing-in-rain.html?showComment=1350602138653Sleepy Joehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16221803835813688522noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2923792986438866285.post-60658085922412862852012-10-18T12:52:53.183-07:002012-10-18T12:52:53.183-07:00I'm sure once you start looking, you will find...I'm sure once you start looking, you will find them. TangledLouhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04771682524596744447noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2923792986438866285.post-38270079850254684602012-10-18T12:52:25.611-07:002012-10-18T12:52:25.611-07:00Good one! Our language is so strange. Well, all la...Good one! Our language is so strange. Well, all languages are strange and almost impossible to explain. Sometimes only a demonstration works. Did you try that?TangledLouhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04771682524596744447noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2923792986438866285.post-68897547171309173372012-10-18T12:51:30.448-07:002012-10-18T12:51:30.448-07:00Ooh! I'm so excited. Can't wait to see wha...Ooh! I'm so excited. Can't wait to see what you draw up from the well.<br />I should clarify the baby-talk thing: I am very much a proponent of Motherese and spoke it fluently. But from what I understand that has more to do with cadence and rhythm than actual words. So when the newly verbal jBird says "Nee-mal!" while nursing, I can say "Yes, that's Mama's nipple" in the excited sing-song of maternal encouragement without everyone henceforth referring to "nipples" as "nee-mals" except in controlled, adult moments of hilarity.<br />"Junk" is the only genitalia euphemism we use.TangledLouhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04771682524596744447noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2923792986438866285.post-10888019528281327032012-10-18T08:58:35.290-07:002012-10-18T08:58:35.290-07:00Oh oh oh! How fun! Don't let me blow this off....Oh oh oh! How fun! Don't let me blow this off. Come after me. I don't know what I'll write yet. I find cliche's fascinating and irritating and exciting. I avoid them like the plague. ;)<br /><br />I was heavily into baby talk. Can we still be friends? I learned in Child Development that the patterns of speech we use in speaking to babies actually help teach kids to talk and most parents naturally drop them out later. They call it "Motherese." I found that fascinating and vindicating. I hate "wee-wees" though. I draw the line at euphemistic genitals. Why I do this nobody knows.<br /><br />To each his own. To thine own self be true. And all. (Smiles broadly.)<br /><br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08644569152748119356noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2923792986438866285.post-85828661547706658082012-10-17T16:13:25.575-07:002012-10-17T16:13:25.575-07:00Oh, give me some time to think on this. When I was...Oh, give me some time to think on this. When I was in Spain for that English immersion program in April, we talked about these kinds of things constantly. Try to explain "make out" to people you've just met whose first language isn't English. An icebreaker, that one was.Margihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00380912871792176901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2923792986438866285.post-24108100839045036712012-10-17T15:23:29.048-07:002012-10-17T15:23:29.048-07:00Oh no, I think cliche's must be so ingrained i...Oh no, I think cliche's must be so ingrained in me that I can't think of one I use (and there must be hundreds) Leave it with me ;-)Sleepy Joehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16221803835813688522noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2923792986438866285.post-16590188846604430802012-10-17T10:55:04.808-07:002012-10-17T10:55:04.808-07:00Yay, Michelle! Can't wait to see what you do!Yay, Michelle! Can't wait to see what you do!TangledLouhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04771682524596744447noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2923792986438866285.post-81944566202380396572012-10-17T06:23:44.482-07:002012-10-17T06:23:44.482-07:00When my son was three, a friend used to call him M...When my son was three, a friend used to call him Mr. Vocabulary because he didn't have a word of baby talk in him. Why would he? I may talk baby talk nonsense to my dogs, but never my kids! <br /><br />Audience participation, I'm in! Michellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05754778263332756663noreply@blogger.com