language musing...
9 years ago
so tell me again why does english has that "do you mind" construct?
it's... ambiguous when people reply shortly to it... and watch this:
do you mind if i ...
yes -> yes i mind = no don't do it
no -> no i don't mind = yes go ahead
i just feel bad since i misinterpreted such thing and i'm just :c over it... and i dunno, i guess i'm just anxious and overthink a lot.
well, i guess lesson learned is always err on the side of caution.
man its been 2 months since my last journal and i talk about this stuff instead so here's some life updates:
- it's now week 11 out of 13 of my (hopefully final) semester
- so that means 2 weeks until i have to hand in my final year project's final report
- i still have nothing typed since i don't know what to type :/
- oddly i have urges to draw instead at this moments... but i need to chase this goddamn thing lol
here's to hoping i can graduate satisfactorily
it's... ambiguous when people reply shortly to it... and watch this:
do you mind if i ...
yes -> yes i mind = no don't do it
no -> no i don't mind = yes go ahead
i just feel bad since i misinterpreted such thing and i'm just :c over it... and i dunno, i guess i'm just anxious and overthink a lot.
well, i guess lesson learned is always err on the side of caution.
man its been 2 months since my last journal and i talk about this stuff instead so here's some life updates:
- it's now week 11 out of 13 of my (hopefully final) semester
- so that means 2 weeks until i have to hand in my final year project's final report
- i still have nothing typed since i don't know what to type :/
- oddly i have urges to draw instead at this moments... but i need to chase this goddamn thing lol
here's to hoping i can graduate satisfactorily
Good luck with your report friend!! I believe in you!