blushing + wordy geekness
I just took an 'Ultimate Purity Test' but I am not posting the results. :look
It was fun though. :P
Was thinking about this earlier: In the Hokey Pokey, one puts one's right foot in and then puts one's right foot out. But is that really correct? To put the foot out? Wouldn't one take the foot out? One may put something out, but it has a sense of finiteness to it; it is put out, and it is not coming back inside. One may be put out, but that means that one is annoyed. I suppose that preciseness of vocabulary was surrendered to the expediency of the song; it does sound smoother this way. Or, well, it would sound smoother, if it were not for the fact that I now have a question mark over that second part, with (WORD CHOICE) written over it in editorial marks in my head.
Wait, wait. To take something out has the same sound of finiteness. Oh dear.
But still, I would almost always choose 'take the foot out of the circle' rather than 'put the foot out of the circle,' which does not sound right, at least not in a sequence of directions where movement is implied. One puts things in and then takes them out and then puts them in again.
Really, I need to worry about better things.
It was fun though. :P
Was thinking about this earlier: In the Hokey Pokey, one puts one's right foot in and then puts one's right foot out. But is that really correct? To put the foot out? Wouldn't one take the foot out? One may put something out, but it has a sense of finiteness to it; it is put out, and it is not coming back inside. One may be put out, but that means that one is annoyed. I suppose that preciseness of vocabulary was surrendered to the expediency of the song; it does sound smoother this way. Or, well, it would sound smoother, if it were not for the fact that I now have a question mark over that second part, with (WORD CHOICE) written over it in editorial marks in my head.
Wait, wait. To take something out has the same sound of finiteness. Oh dear.
But still, I would almost always choose 'take the foot out of the circle' rather than 'put the foot out of the circle,' which does not sound right, at least not in a sequence of directions where movement is implied. One puts things in and then takes them out and then puts them in again.
Really, I need to worry about better things.