Never put your faith in a stranger
They will steadfastly let you down
Without realizing the danger
Oblivious to your loss of ground.
Never put your faith in a lover
For they wield a power untaught
Once the words surround you
The damage can never be unwrought
So I was writing the shitty poem above you hoping to get inspired to write something when I stumbled upon a realization. As much as I love words and all their glory, I make up a fuckload of them.
Example: Unwrought.... Not a word. You all know what I mean when I said it. But it's REALLY not a word.
The more I think the more I realize I do this more often than not. I take a real word and add things to it. A prefix here, a suffix there. A completely non-realistic word there.
And then I realized something else... No WONDER people hate talking to me so much. Half of what I said... isn't a real language. Ha!
My friends have always said I have Mandaisms
And I just thought it was my phrasing but.. blast it all, I just have my own damn language again.
Lovely.
So now that I know
How I ruin my fav'rite
Language, yay me.
4 comments:
2 points
1) The poem did NOT suck :)
2) I love Mandaisms :) :)
Ok, psh, do you know how many famous writers and authors have made up their own words?
Lots...I'm pretty Shakespeare has made up plenty--*and* he made up his own phrases for things as well.
It's just...expanding your ability to express yourself? :p
And by "I'm pretty Shakespeare"...I meant "I'm pretty *sure* Shakespeare."
But hey, I could probably make a pretty Shakespeare. I bet I could pull off that Elizabethan ruff.
Darling, you so could. It has to happen.
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