Hello - first up you might have noticed this is coming from Substack. I’ve switched over. Hope you don’t mind. On with the show… Having lived outside of my home country for the best part of 15 years, I'm accustomed to not understanding everything that's going on around me. Sitting in bars or restaurants, the sound of languages that isn't my own feels like home to me, so much so that when I am back in the UK, I suddenly understand what everyone is saying around me again highly disturbing. It takes days to tune the sound out.
Enjoyed this piece! I'm jealous that you've lived in so many countries. A funny story I have about using emojis in digital discourse: A colleague of mine sent an email basically tell the recipient that she was working on the project and it would be ready soon. She ended this with a smiley face. Apparently, this was seen as passive-aggressive by the recipient, who burst into tears and then complained to her manager.
Lovely piece. Really complements What Bangs piece this week as well, and both seem to have reached me as I have been pondering thoughts around words.
I really like the pass the salt quote at the end.
Y'all are making me want to tackle Wittgenstein.
loved it!
Enjoyed this piece! I'm jealous that you've lived in so many countries. A funny story I have about using emojis in digital discourse: A colleague of mine sent an email basically tell the recipient that she was working on the project and it would be ready soon. She ended this with a smiley face. Apparently, this was seen as passive-aggressive by the recipient, who burst into tears and then complained to her manager.