There are some words I just don’t like. There are other words I don’t like when used in certain contexts. I’m picky. But you knew that already.
For instance, I don’t like the word ‘blog.’ I do not think you’ll find I have used that word anywhere on my site. I know my dislike for that word has something to do with the way it sounds – or maybe the way it feels in my mouth. Oddly, however, I like the word ‘bloviate’ very much and it’s structured the same. Maybe it’s the ‘g.’ Maybe I don’t like ‘g’s. Grover would be pissed.
I don’t like the word ‘geek.’ I’m OK with ‘gook,’ however. It could be the negative connotations of the word but looking over this little missive and considering the two words I’ve listed so far maybe I just don’t like hard sounds at the end of words. I hate my first name and I rarely call my brother by the short form of his first name and both have hard sounds at the end. Maybe that’s it.
We’re not going completely off the rails but we are pulling a little two wheel action here: I don’t like when people call the President ‘Bush.’ Part of it is the potential disrespect, but there’s just something about the sound of that name. I can’t recall being as squeamish about the first President Bush being called ‘Bush.’ Peculiar. I like calling him ‘The President’ but that’s very impersonal and reminds me of Transmetropolitan where there are no names, there’s the President who’s head of the Party in Power and the Senator (who is named) who’s the candidate for the Party Currently Out of Power. Very faceless, kind of eerie. Especially since that President always looks like Nixon in profile.
Where this all came from I don’t know, but there it is.
On another note, I need to think on and then compose my own brutally honest personal ad. I’ve read a few and they’re damn funny.