If someone tells you a song means something to them, treat it like they’re handing you a piece of themselves. Turn it up, lie back, close your eyes, and listen from beginning to end even if it’s ten minutes long. By the time it’s over, you’ll understand that person a little better.
@linguistlez I KNOWWWW 😭😭 simply let us live fr, god forbid we express sentiment about something and it not be the byproduct of a symptoms but rather the sentiment of an annoyance
love island is actually a linguists dream. how often can you freely observe the speech patterns of a sequestered group of 20 somethings and see how it evolves within the span of 6 weeks. so many awesome rapid formations of shared vocabulary, convergence, etc. i’m so fascinated
real.
also, isn't it interesting how it's always the english (lit) teachers? what does that tell you about the impact and value of humanities/being able to read 'into' things
the idea of accidentally discovering someone's kink is so hot to me, like jokingly calling someone a good boy and they get all red and flustered and you're just like OH. oh