"It's all written in Japlish or something. I don't know."
One of my professors let this line slip as he was talking about errors in technical writing. I felt like this line revealed a lot about the man who said it. When most people refer to text with errors common to the Asian population, they use the term "Engrish." While it is no less offensive in nature, it feels less offensive because "everyone else says it." The term "Japlish" caught me completely by surprise and I had to struggle not to laugh out loud. Just from this quote, I'm sure you can gather that it was an older white male who had served in a war. I wonder if I could take the same line and have readers infer different things from it.
Thursday, September 8, 2011
Junkyard Quote 3, Post 3, Week 2
"And then I'd start giggling and couldn't stop..."
My mother actually said this on the phone with me yesterday. She recently volunteered with the Powers Crossroads festival in Coweta County, and she was the emcee for the bands (which she also booked herself) at the festival. She was talking about how fun it was to be on the microphone and go back and forth with the people in the bands. I think the reason I thought this was so funny was because my mom is 50 years old and she was talking about not being able to contain her laughter. Not many people her age do that, and I'm happy for her.
My mother actually said this on the phone with me yesterday. She recently volunteered with the Powers Crossroads festival in Coweta County, and she was the emcee for the bands (which she also booked herself) at the festival. She was talking about how fun it was to be on the microphone and go back and forth with the people in the bands. I think the reason I thought this was so funny was because my mom is 50 years old and she was talking about not being able to contain her laughter. Not many people her age do that, and I'm happy for her.
Junkyard Quote 2, Post 2, Week 2
"Gently with the drums. Gently."
I was originally telling my boyfriend where and how to put something down. His drums were sitting in the floor of the living room, and what he was holding was fragile. But I think this could be used in a very ethereal piece about the earth or something. If I use it in the correct context, I think it could be a good line.
I was originally telling my boyfriend where and how to put something down. His drums were sitting in the floor of the living room, and what he was holding was fragile. But I think this could be used in a very ethereal piece about the earth or something. If I use it in the correct context, I think it could be a good line.
Junkyard Quote 1, Post 1, Week 2
My internet at my apartment was having problems, and we just got a guy out to fix it, so I've been saving up my posts for now. Here we go!
"Them dawgs is hell don't they!"
This line was on a friend's status on Facebook. I thought it was interesting because, depending on the context in which you read it, it could be taken very differently. For example, this was originally part of a status talking about how it was almost football season. When read in that context, my inner voice creates a thick southern accent and I imagine a man with little or no education (or teeth) saying it because he can't create a logical phrase.
However, if we clean it up just a little, and say instead:
"Those dogs are hell don't they."
It could be read as poetic genius due to its surprising ending. I'm not sure of anything to put with it, but it's a start.
"Them dawgs is hell don't they!"
This line was on a friend's status on Facebook. I thought it was interesting because, depending on the context in which you read it, it could be taken very differently. For example, this was originally part of a status talking about how it was almost football season. When read in that context, my inner voice creates a thick southern accent and I imagine a man with little or no education (or teeth) saying it because he can't create a logical phrase.
However, if we clean it up just a little, and say instead:
"Those dogs are hell don't they."
It could be read as poetic genius due to its surprising ending. I'm not sure of anything to put with it, but it's a start.
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