Annie Ozone
Young Armadillo
Death of Cars, Reader of Books, Drinker of Booze, and Generally Accident-Prone Lady
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Post by Annie Ozone on Jun 14, 2011 3:13:19 GMT -5
E.g., I recently re-read some of Jane Eyre and then spent the rest of the day speaking in a totally different cadence and with a totally different vocabulary than my normal speech. Does this happen to anyone else?
Further examples: Hemingway makes me spiky and cranky. Pratchett makes me babble (intelligently, even!). Austen leaves me dazed, Dahl makes me giggly. And after Nabokov? I am utterly useless--all misty-eyed and dreamy and playing word games instead of actually conversing.
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Post by onlyaworkingtitle on Jun 14, 2011 3:35:22 GMT -5
I'm not sure if what I read effects my speaking, but it certainly effects my thinking... Especially if I've really been immersing myself in the book or series. It also applies to television shows -- it I'm marathoning True Blood, for example, I start thinking in a southern accent. It's a bit off-putting.
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Post by Fuck Yeah Dion on Jun 14, 2011 3:50:08 GMT -5
Nothing wrong with thinking in a Southern accent haha.
When I watch too much Mitch Hedberg stand up, I start talking like him. The same thing happens when I watch The Big Bang Theory, except I talk like Shelton.
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Post by cyanea on Jun 14, 2011 4:00:45 GMT -5
When I was a kid, I REFUSED to read RL Stein's "Fear Street" (basically an updated, more violent version of Goosebumps) after dark. I wasn't afraid of the dark, but those books were disturbing and I'd find it hard to go to sleep.
After reading Fahrenheit 451, I definitely went through a day or so where I didn't spend nearly as much time on the computer as I usually do.
(Edited for grammar, cause wow...the original was bad...)
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Post by notquiteluke on Jun 14, 2011 7:58:35 GMT -5
I'm work onlyaworkingtitle on this one, My speech is hardly ever effected (except for that one time I went on A Clockwork Orange kick) but the way I think is often changed according to what I've been reading.
I find children's books are the worst for altering my thought patterns, interestingly.
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Post by KatjevanLoon on Jun 14, 2011 8:28:53 GMT -5
I tend to write like authors I read.
So when I'm going on a writing binge, I try to avoid going on a reading binge (and vice versa, obviously), otherwise my style will change a million times in two chapters.
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Post by embonpoint on Jun 14, 2011 11:30:29 GMT -5
I'm not sure if what I read effects my speaking, but it certainly effects my thinking... Especially if I've really been immersing myself in the book or series. It also applies to television shows -- it I'm marathoning True Blood, for example, I start thinking in a southern accent. It's a bit off-putting. +1. It happens with films, too. |
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Post by Silva on Jun 14, 2011 13:37:21 GMT -5
I read The Bell Jar and spent the rest of the day wandering around, wondering if I was also going insane.
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Post by andreaisabbbw on Jun 14, 2011 19:14:13 GMT -5
After I read Crime and Punishment I felt really depressed.
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Umbvix
Young Armadillo
SCHLURP :B
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Post by Umbvix on Jun 14, 2011 19:19:48 GMT -5
If I'm really into a book, at random times I'll just feel overwhelmed by how awesome it is and start squeaking and flailing my arms xD Although if Mom's home, I restrain myself...usually. There are times I still slip a squeak xD
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Post by Eternal Lobster on Jun 14, 2011 19:42:46 GMT -5
If I'm really into a book, at random times I'll just feel overwhelmed by how awesome it is and start squeaking and flailing my arms xD Although if Mom's home, I restrain myself...usually. There are times I still slip a squeak xD I DO THIS. AND talk to the author and characters. |
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Post by devilishlybookish on Jun 14, 2011 19:51:51 GMT -5
Every time I read a book I try to really get into the head of one of the characters. Usually it's the main character because you get the most information about them but sometimes it's a supporting character. I find it fun to imagine myself as the character and think about what I would do (as them) in other situations. Sometimes I just like the book so much that it's hard to shut it off when I put the book down xD
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Post by cyanea on Jun 14, 2011 21:21:23 GMT -5
If I'm really into a book, at random times I'll just feel overwhelmed by how awesome it is and start squeaking and flailing my arms xD Although if Mom's home, I restrain myself...usually. There are times I still slip a squeak xD I do that too! Sometimes I'll put the book down and start ranting to myself or whoever happens to nearby (I am insane, remember.) about how awesome it is so I can prolong that feeling. |
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Post by andreaisabbbw on Jun 14, 2011 22:27:52 GMT -5
If I'm really into a book, at random times I'll just feel overwhelmed by how awesome it is and start squeaking and flailing my arms xD Although if Mom's home, I restrain myself...usually. There are times I still slip a squeak xD I do that too! Sometimes I start saying aloud my thoughts as I read, which probably pegs a crazy card on my forehead... I hate when a book makes me cry. If I start crying with my family around they all give me the stink-eye. |
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Post by ashshields on Jun 15, 2011 2:24:35 GMT -5
Yeah, I do the flailing and squeaking and talking too.
Also, it got to the point a couple of weeks ago where I was thinking in Matt Smith's voice. I was rewatching series 5 of DW. I also get it with reading, but not as much as I do with shows.
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