So today, I was at ballet class as I usually am on a Wednesday. I also have a tap lesson. I was wearing big baggy tracksuit bottoms during my tap class but they got too hot and so I took them off. Without them, even though I was wearing a leotard and ballet tights, I felt naked. Strange right? And then I put my ballet skirt on, and it was fine. I would just like to take a moment to explain that my ballet skirt is flimsy black translucent material. Not much of a cover, yet it really helps psychologically. Is that just me being weird? Ah well.
To go on to the other subject in my title: words. I'm thinking that I'll end up regularly talking about all sorts of different words. Today my words are going to be guilt, and subpoena. Guilt. It's a heavy word. Almost guilty in and of itself. It's kind of like onomatopoeia, but not quite. Part of my list of persuasive techniques I was revising for English Lit went :
- rhetorical question
- guilt
- shock the reader
I was drumming my fingers on the table in a steady beat. I was reciting one syllable per beat and I realised that the word guilt sounded heavier, more important than any of the others. Try it. Please prove me right.
Subpoena. I don't know what it means, but I've seen it or heard it somewhere. My phone recognises it, you know. I think I may go and look it up. Subpoena = to summon. Not what would immediately come to mind. I'll have to remember that.
Till next time.
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