i am a montessori kid. i am not trying to make excuses, but let's just say that my early, formative education in the realm of spelling and grammar were very interpretive.
everything that i learned about syntax came much later, when i started studying languages. i love languages, have studied a few and have mastered none, but i am just going to take a second to justify my spelling of RIDICULOUS (see yogurt post). i spell it REDICULOUS, cause that is how i say it. i really draw out that first E (which turns out to be a sound, as there is not an E anywhere in the word- where you people live), depending on the magnitude of craziness, excitement, awe, joy that i feel towards whatever.
latin: so there has been a bunch of latin in my life. good stuff. useful in learning about where our words come from. but even they used RE- as a prefix. to suggest intensity. i think that works with my spelling of REDICULOUS, hmmm?
spanish: same as latin, confusingly different and the same (again, with the intensity).
russian: they are using a whole other alphabet, so this hasn't really helped me with spelling of english words.
please enjoy my writing and spelling and know that i have no idea what tense i am writing in ever, but am trying a little to be consistent. i don't think that i ever use punctuation properly, love the comma and love ellipsisesseeseses... and know that i am just trying to talk to myself and enjoy some thoughtful time. in the hopes of getting some of this load out of my head and into a different place so that i can get new, really fun stuff in there. idea displacement.
and p.s.- turns out this is about food only some of the time. but it is always in there, don't worry, i'll have days off soon and will cook up a storm.
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