That thing that you can't recall... - Page 2

Coney · 11-20-2002, 04:00 PM

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Originally posted by Nibs
You know, there's a word for you people... and it's not "normal".

I should hope not!!........Who wants to be normal?

Yep Earniel......thingy......summit......wotjamacallit .......all very important words in a forgetful persons vocabulary

Nibs · 11-20-2002, 04:09 PM

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Originally posted by Coney
.....thingy......summit......wotjamacallit.......a ll very important words in a forgetful persons vocabulary

I've always thought "summat" was a funny one, though I'm not sure I've ever really heard it spoken. It just doesn't sound right when I say it.

Silverstripe · 11-20-2002, 04:36 PM

I AM NOT A NORMAL PEOPLE!

Elenka · 11-20-2002, 04:36 PM

My substitute words are more like, "the little stupid thing", "person over there" and "hey what's-your-face!!" I have a terrible time with words.

Silverstripe · 11-20-2002, 05:30 PM

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Originally posted by Eärniel
That or I can remember the word perfectly in another language but I can't find the right dutch word for it.

By all means, use that word in another language! People will never know you "can't find the right dutch word for it." They'll think you're just showing off your language skills.

***Earniel*** · 11-20-2002, 05:44 PM

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Originally posted by Silverstripe
By all means, use that word in another language! People will never know you "can't find the right dutch word for it." They'll think you're just showing off your language skills.

Ah yes. But you first have to have language skills for that!

tuthezeng · 11-20-2002, 06:54 PM

Last year, for some strange reason, I forgot how to speak English for about five minutes. It was wierd because I'm not really fluent in any other language.

Silverstripe · 11-20-2002, 07:02 PM

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Originally posted by tuthezeng
Last year, for some strange reason, I forgot how to speak English for about five minutes. It was wierd because I'm not really fluent in any other language.

Well ... I've never forgotten how to speak English, but one of my best friends friends did. It was a very odd because he was sitting there panicking and gesticulating wildly, and my other best friend and I thought he was going insane or something!

tuthezeng · 11-20-2002, 07:18 PM

Yes... it was very traumatic because there were all these thoughts in my mind that weren't in the form of words; they were images. I'm lucky because this happened while I was at my house, and no one was around to witness it.

Aeryn · 11-20-2002, 08:56 PM

I forgot basic math once. after a long and drawn out summer, you go back and tey review, i was like in 6th and he says what is the sum of this and that. The sum? What is the sum? Do I take-away? Do I add the thingy to the summat *

*?

Ahh yes, the Alzheimers of youth. I almost remember those days...

***Khamûl*** · 11-20-2002, 11:29 PM

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Originally posted by Coney
thingy......summit......wotjamacallit.......all very important words in a forgetful persons vocabulary

And then there's my personal favorite -- doohickey.

Silverstripe · 11-21-2002, 01:46 AM

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Originally posted by Aeryn
I forgot basic math once. after a long and drawn out summer, you go back and tey review, i was like in 6th and he says what is the sum of this and that. The sum? What is the sum? Do I take-away? Do I add the thingy to the summat **?

Ahh yes, the Alzheimers of youth. I almost remember those days...

Add the thingy to the summat, hmmm, isn't that sort of an algebra problem?

BeardofPants · 11-21-2002, 01:53 AM

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Originally posted by Khamûl
And then there's my personal favorite -- doohickey.

I see my vocabulary has been severely starved. I'll have to find a use for that one.

Of course, clicker (can be used to refer to anything with buttons) and thingamajig also come in very handy.

Lizra · 11-21-2002, 08:08 AM

I do the "walking into a room and have no idea why I was going there" alot. I'm seriously paranoid of getting Alzhiemers since my dad has it, but I'm pretty sure it's just my constant multi-tasking backfiring sometimes. I can't get "oldtimers"!

I am "the brain" for the entire family! They wouldn't do anything "right" if it wern't for me!!!

katya · 11-21-2002, 10:12 AM

Isnt forgetting things fun? I forgot the word for curtain once. And lots of other things.

Thingy is my favourite word. If you were to read any of my homework you could tell whether it was science or not my counting "thingies". Sometimes I will say "thingerbobber" too, but not in writing.

BoP, i use clicker for my remote control. Does anyone else do that?

I was writing to my friend from camp the other day and i totally knew her name but try as I might, I couldn't think of it. I was like, "your name is...um...give me a second...it's uh, er, yeah. Whatever your name is..."

katya · 11-21-2002, 10:15 AM

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Originally posted by Lizra
I do the "walking into a room and have no idea why I was going there" alot.

That is me all the way. Only when it comes down to it, half the time i was actually just going into the other room because I was bored. But not always. Definately not always.

This one really got me- You know that kids show about animals with the little lemur thing and I think it's on PBS? I forgot the name of it for days. Then I suddenly remembered, and out of no where I shouted "Zooboomafoo!"

Silverstripe · 11-21-2002, 11:24 AM

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Originally posted by katya
That is me all the way. Only when it comes down to it, half the time i was actually just going into the other room because I was bored. But not always. Definately not always.

This one really got me- You know that kids show about animals with the little lemur thing and I think it's on PBS? I forgot the name of it for days. Then I suddenly remembered, and out of no where I shouted "Zooboomafoo!"

I just hope you weren't at work or school then!

katya · 11-21-2002, 12:46 PM

No, i was at home actually. We did have company though. The thing is, I don't think they would've noticed. Everyone has come to expect that sort of thing from me.

Elenka · 11-21-2002, 12:54 PM

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Originally posted by tuthezeng
Last year, for some strange reason, I forgot how to speak English...

Join the club. I'm forever trying to get my point across, but for some weird reason my mind has gone on screen saver and I can't remember how to say anything in english!! Frustrating. Its at those moments when "thingamajigger" and "whahza-callums" come in soo handy.

Silverstripe · 11-22-2002, 12:54 PM

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Originally posted by katya
No, i was at home actually. We did have company though. The thing is, I don't think they would've noticed. Everyone has come to expect that sort of thing from me.

That sounds a lot like one of my best friends. Not me; I talk to myself and forget thinks -- um, things -- all the time, but generally don't shout it out. I'm the one who stammers sometimes, saying a word that does not fit in the conversation, or winds up making a new word!

11-20-2002, 04:36 PM	#4
Elenka The Negative Soul of Entmoot Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: The Middle Distance Posts: 651	My substitute words are more like, "the little stupid thing", "person over there" and "hey what's-your-face!!" I have a terrible time with words. __________________ W00T for the M00T!! War doesn't determine who is right - war determines who is left.

11-20-2002, 06:54 PM	#7
tuthezeng Hobbit Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Aboard the U.S.S. Suicidal Insanity Posts: 15	Last year, for some strange reason, I forgot how to speak English for about five minutes. It was wierd because I'm not really fluent in any other language. __________________ Once you head down the dark path, forever will it dominate your destiny. And you get dental. All I see is blackness! Oh, my hood's down. Every man lives. Not every man truly dies. Join the Army, meet interesting people, kill them. Who is General Failure and why is he reading my hard disk? This is not a dress, it's the standard Dread Lord uniform. If you tell a joke in the forest, but nobody laughs, was it a joke?

11-20-2002, 07:18 PM	#9
tuthezeng Hobbit Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Aboard the U.S.S. Suicidal Insanity Posts: 15	Yes... it was very traumatic because there were all these thoughts in my mind that weren't in the form of words; they were images. I'm lucky because this happened while I was at my house, and no one was around to witness it. __________________ Once you head down the dark path, forever will it dominate your destiny. And you get dental. All I see is blackness! Oh, my hood's down. Every man lives. Not every man truly dies. Join the Army, meet interesting people, kill them. Who is General Failure and why is he reading my hard disk? This is not a dress, it's the standard Dread Lord uniform. If you tell a joke in the forest, but nobody laughs, was it a joke?

11-20-2002, 08:56 PM	#10
Aeryn Bank'ress of Sith Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: In a hot-hot place, heh Posts: 913	I forgot basic math once. after a long and drawn out summer, you go back and tey review, i was like in 6th and he says what is the sum of this and that. The sum? What is the sum? Do I take-away? Do I add the thingy to the summat **? Ahh yes, the Alzheimers of youth. I almost remember those days... __________________ my new account name feigndeath. This one is deactivated, I think.

11-21-2002, 08:08 AM	#14
Lizra Domesticated Swing Babe Join Date: May 2002 Location: Reality Posts: 5,340	What am I doing?? I do the "walking into a room and have no idea why I was going there" alot. I'm seriously paranoid of getting Alzhiemers since my dad has it, but I'm pretty sure it's just my constant multi-tasking backfiring sometimes. I can't get "oldtimers"! I am "the brain" for the entire family! They wouldn't do anything "right" if it wern't for me!!! __________________ Happy Atheist Go Democrats! Last edited by Lizra : 11-21-2002 at 08:29 AM.

11-20-2002, 04:36 PM	#3
Silverstripe Empress of the Writewraiths Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Running around somewhere inside my head. So what are YOU doing here?! Posts: 1,546	I AM NOT A NORMAL PEOPLE!

11-21-2002, 10:12 AM	#15
katya Elven Maiden Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 3,309	Isnt forgetting things fun? I forgot the word for curtain once. And lots of other things. Thingy is my favourite word. If you were to read any of my homework you could tell whether it was science or not my counting "thingies". Sometimes I will say "thingerbobber" too, but not in writing. BoP, i use clicker for my remote control. Does anyone else do that? I was writing to my friend from camp the other day and i totally knew her name but try as I might, I couldn't think of it. I was like, "your name is...um...give me a second...it's uh, er, yeah. Whatever your name is..."

11-21-2002, 12:46 PM	#18
katya Elven Maiden Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 3,309	No, i was at home actually. We did have company though. The thing is, I don't think they would've noticed. Everyone has come to expect that sort of thing from me.

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