So, I had the *best* idea today.

[conuly]

The best, I swear!

Ana's been a letter-identifying fiend lately. It's great. And I want to capitalize on this as much as possible.

You all remember that game you played when a kid, where somebody'd put an object in a bag or a box, and you had to guess what it was by feeling it, right?

Now, if I had several bags, I could combine this with "alphabet" and... well, it'd be fun.

(I also want to make a book, but that can wait.)

So, please - post away! Any sort of object that could be stored in a bag and that feels nice and distinct and that starts with a letter (nothing unnamed, thanks :P) would be great. Especially I. I have no I. And O. My O (oval things?) sucks.

I have a list already, but I left it at Jenn's. I'll see if I can reconstruct it.

Edit: Other letters are good too. And the "double letter sounds" sh, ch, and th. Just because.

Comments

Re: You win!!!!

[dr-graffenberg.livejournal.com]

Hmmm, by the anti-prescriptivist (which by the way, thank you for making me learn a word that I'm ashamed to say I didn't know) remark are you referring to my improper usage of English grammar or the whole "mommy should take care of the kid" thing which contrary to what I may have led you to believe by the things that I wrote I dont personally agree with. I did everything when me and the ex were together and i do even more now so I'm definitely not one to agree with that concept, though I may have seem to indicate that I do.

Interesting though that both of those things can apply to the word prescriptive. It "was" traditional belief that the mother should raise the kid but times have definitely changed for the better in that regard. And proper use of English grammar could be considered prescriptive as well.

But either way if I was to believe in the "mommy should..." belief or if I was to (or more appropriately "do") use English grammar wrong it wouldn't be a matter of right or wrong. I'd be wrong on either account.

Heh, I bet you"re really getting sick of my babbling by now. You can tell me to shut up. I'll listen. Or you can go the other way and add me as a friend and we can have future conversations that will hopefully not involve arguing. But whichever you choose I hope that you have a great night, I wish you luck with you're clever little learning project, and im sorry that I've upset you.

P.S. Damn, it's hard to remember to capitalize all those I's.

Re: You win!!!!

[conuly]

My feeling is that language changes. I might not like every change, but language is dictated by use, not by arbitrary rules.

You can hang out at my journal if you like, but right now I'm slow on adding friends. I'm trying to keep my list from getting too big again.

Re: You win!!!!

[dr-graffenberg.livejournal.com]

Very true. Take "irregardless" for instance. The word doesn't make any sense at all. "regardless"is basically used to mean "without regard" yet people often add the "ir" prefix to it which is basically accomplishing the same thing as the "less" suffix. This make believe improper word has been used so frequently by so many people that it has actually found a home in the dictionary. So yes, language indeed does change and in that instance there I certainly don't like it.

And I added you as a friend because I like the things that you have to say. In the process i noticed the massive size of your friends list and so will definitely not take offense if I'm not added back. How do you manage to keep up with reading that many friends and communities...

Yeah, I may have decided to use proper grammar with you but you certainly aren't going to get a question mark out of me.