This is fab "The thing about reading over my old diaries is that it’s always felt like a kind of magic trick: one where I’m transported back to the past so effortlessly that it can feel as real as the present. Or like it was all a moment ago, not decades ago." As a linguist it is interesting how much meaning can be ascribed to this word choice or that, or a crossing out, or a certain handwriting. I'm curious about your not knowing your dad story.
Thanks, Seb. I will tell that story about my dad sometime - it's a kind of strange one but nothing too dramatic. Oh, you're a linguist! I almost was. Well, I wanted to do linguistics at university but chose a film/media course instead. Interestingly, years later, I got a job that meant I had to sit in on a whole 3 year undergrad linguistics degree, start to end, so I still got what I wanted. I loved it!
This is fab "The thing about reading over my old diaries is that it’s always felt like a kind of magic trick: one where I’m transported back to the past so effortlessly that it can feel as real as the present. Or like it was all a moment ago, not decades ago." As a linguist it is interesting how much meaning can be ascribed to this word choice or that, or a crossing out, or a certain handwriting. I'm curious about your not knowing your dad story.
Thanks, Seb. I will tell that story about my dad sometime - it's a kind of strange one but nothing too dramatic. Oh, you're a linguist! I almost was. Well, I wanted to do linguistics at university but chose a film/media course instead. Interestingly, years later, I got a job that meant I had to sit in on a whole 3 year undergrad linguistics degree, start to end, so I still got what I wanted. I loved it!