Typical conversation around my house
Feb. 17th, 2006 11:55 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
drwexNo, really. We actually talk like this.
Y'see I have this problem: when I get tired I tend to Spoonerize my words pretty badly. At least, that's the closest description I can find of what I do to mangle the language when my neurons misfire. Famously at one point I attempted to say "I have no brain in my head" and all that came out was a plaintive "No bread!" This phrase has now entered our jargon as shorthand for mental distress.
So last night I'm talking to Pygment about how I want to get some "New beets" and she's giving me a VERY odd look.
"Beets?!"
"New boots!" I say, "For my feet!"
"Oh, you said 'beets'."
"Well, yes, I like to put one on each toe and get a real red clown-shoe effect."
"No bread, eh?"
"Not a crumb!"
Y'see I have this problem: when I get tired I tend to Spoonerize my words pretty badly. At least, that's the closest description I can find of what I do to mangle the language when my neurons misfire. Famously at one point I attempted to say "I have no brain in my head" and all that came out was a plaintive "No bread!" This phrase has now entered our jargon as shorthand for mental distress.
So last night I'm talking to Pygment about how I want to get some "New beets" and she's giving me a VERY odd look.
"Beets?!"
"New boots!" I say, "For my feet!"
"Oh, you said 'beets'."
"Well, yes, I like to put one on each toe and get a real red clown-shoe effect."
"No bread, eh?"
"Not a crumb!"
