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When we talk to or about Ana, sometimes we call her "somebody" as in "Gee, I think somebody needs a nap!" or "Does somebody need a diaper changed? Yeah, Ana, don't shake your head at me, I think you do."

Ana occasionally experiments with this form herself, usually getting it wrong, though I can't say why. "Somebody's syeeping!" when it's a person on the bus we don't know, like that.

And then on BSG, in That Episode I Don't Like, Roslin said that directly to Billy: "Somebody took his vitamins this morning!" (meaning him, of course). And that was right, but I don't know why.

It's so annoying. I don't get these things wrong, it's my own damn language, I certainly know how to speak it, how can I not know how to speak it? (This question is rhetorical, I don't want people telling me why I don't know how I know how to speak it, I know that, I just forget.)

It's still irritating. Somebody here isn't happy. (And that's all wrong, too - I'm not somebody like that, am I? It sounds wrong, but I can't prove it.) Stupid language.

Date: 2006-03-05 03:42 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] brownkitty.livejournal.com
This medium doesn't convey emphasis well. Could that be one of the missing pieces to the explanation?

Date: 2006-03-06 12:16 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] lizziey.livejournal.com
hey, read this, see if you can figure out what may be wrong with her son, i was thinking autism...

http://community.livejournal.com/babies2003/504087.html?view=2905111#t2905111

Date: 2006-03-06 01:24 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] lizziey.livejournal.com
well, of course she will do that. but she gave a list of what her son is like, and was asking for peoples opinions also, because she still has a bit of time before his appointment.

Date: 2006-03-06 03:13 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] lizziey.livejournal.com
you. hardly an expert. *coughs*bullshit*coughs*

Date: 2006-03-06 10:28 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] lizziey.livejournal.com
:-P


OK connie.

Date: 2006-03-05 03:42 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] brownkitty.livejournal.com
This medium doesn't convey emphasis well. Could that be one of the missing pieces to the explanation?

Date: 2006-03-06 12:16 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] lizziey.livejournal.com
hey, read this, see if you can figure out what may be wrong with her son, i was thinking autism...

http://community.livejournal.com/babies2003/504087.html?view=2905111#t2905111

Date: 2006-03-06 01:24 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] lizziey.livejournal.com
well, of course she will do that. but she gave a list of what her son is like, and was asking for peoples opinions also, because she still has a bit of time before his appointment.

Date: 2006-03-06 03:13 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] lizziey.livejournal.com
you. hardly an expert. *coughs*bullshit*coughs*

Date: 2006-03-06 10:28 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] lizziey.livejournal.com
:-P


OK connie.

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