Why do we say things the way we do?

A-1 Cleaners comes first alphabetically.

 

Steam clean don't. lol

 

Just something that remembered from my daily drive to work. I wondered if they cleaned steak sauce.

 

Baby wipes work wonders.

See daily drive, not drive daily. lol

 

OK, I guess.

 

Not joking about baby wipes, they clean well.

Do you say salt and pepper?

Maybe you say tomaytoes and I say tomatoes. lol

 

I'm speaking in a broader sense. I doubt it's interesting to others, though. The sorts of insecurities and defense mechanisms that cause people to act the way they do. It is extremely varied. It's interesting to me how a person can act a certain way, stand accused, and remain totally innocent.

 

I am interested.
Some people try to explain and it just comes out all wrong.
This happens a lot with people with autism spectrum, most especially those with Aspergers, they cannot read people's expressions, so. are often, very defensive.
There is an excellent little film about this.
I just cannot recall the title just now.

Have you personally experienced misunderstanding?

 

Here's one for you Candy: Say this (or almost any) sentence and put the emphasis on every different word and see how subtly the sentence changes. "are you going to the store today." (Hope I not out of line here-------) Kind of an amazing language we have here.

 

YAY I know this.

He stole my purse
He stole my purse
He stole my purse

I don't mind any thread diverting.

 

I'm just going to leave this thread to its trivial nature, Candy.

 

Because they roll off the tongue better?

 

I did give you personally a reply.

 

The Scottish roll their letters. lol

 

Yes, but I'm too serious-minded for this thread.

Dildo.

 

oK

Dildo first??? lol

 

No.

Dildo second.

 

Abbott and Costello
Adam and Eve
an arm and a leg
Antony and Cleopatra
apples and oranges

 

It seems to have more to do with vowel sounds than anything else. "ah" then "e" or "o". And I think if the converse were true we'd all be completely insane, oddly enough.

 

We could all be insane anyway. lol
Ah, E, O, sounds very orgasmic to me. lol