Alone with my thoughts
May 22nd, 2008… it’s kind of a dangerous place to be, because my mind tends to wander in very strange directions. The very worst place to be alone with my thoughts is probably in the bath because when the strange questions start running through my head, there’s nothing I can do unless I want to get out of the tub. And, generally, I don’t.
Sometimes I remember and go and find the answer later, so, while you probably never even wondered…
The shortest polysyllabic word in the English language is probably "ai" (pron: ah-ee), which is a type of sloth. (Word nerds take note that much of the internet lists "Io" as the shortest polysyllabic word in the English language, but as it is a proper noun, I prefer to not take that as accurate.)
This, of course, led to the follow-up question of what the longest monosyllabic word in the English language is, but there isn’t just one, there are several, including: scratched, screeched, scrunched, stretched, straights, strengths and squelched. (Word nerds, there are two ten-letter monosyllabic words in the English language, but as they are archaic, I decided that they didn’t count for my purposes.)
Not that anyone cares, but this is the sort of place my mind wanders to when it has no direction at all.
If you actually found this interesting, you’ll probably like this website, which gave me the best and easiest-to-find answers to my questions.
You scare me girl sometimes. I don’t like baths because they are mentally exhausting. That and the phase lying down just before you fall sleep where you are too tired to write down the awesome things you think of and that you never remember in the morning. Also it is always the time you remember the things you forgot during the day that were driving you nuts and you start all over the next day trying to figure out what you were trying to remember and then just give up.
K, you can have your blog back.
Comment by Zanthera � May 22, 2008 @ 21:05 pm
Well, usually I read. That way I’m at least somewhat distracted.
This is what happens when I don’t read. And also when I actually make the effort to hold the random thought in my head for long enough to actually find out the answer.
Comment by FyreGoddess � May 23, 2008 @ 8:30 am