Comments on: Summer’s Friday http://www.hergestridge.com/summers-friday-493 kill all my demons and my angels might die too Sat, 14 Aug 2010 17:11:39 -0500 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Arthur Brash http://www.hergestridge.com/summers-friday-493/comment-page-1#comment-355 Arthur Brash Sun, 31 Aug 2008 05:20:18 +0000 http://www.hergestridge.com/?p=493#comment-355 I guess I am referring to the one Slovak language I know well, and the few I sort of understand... where "I" is mixed in with all the verbs. Each verb has seven forms (AFAIK) and the verb "betrays the narrator." It is a safe assumption that when omitting the specification of the person, it's in first person voice, but English does not really permit that. "Went to the store" should be complete enough, yet in many languages including Eng, it needs to be preceded by "I" in most instances. But now I sound like a ranting old fool that's fighting the current... I guess I am referring to the one Slovak language I know well, and the few I sort of understand… where “I” is mixed in with all the verbs. Each verb has seven forms (AFAIK) and the verb “betrays the narrator.” It is a safe assumption that when omitting the specification of the person, it’s in first person voice, but English does not really permit that. “Went to the store” should be complete enough, yet in many languages including Eng, it needs to be preceded by “I” in most instances. But now I sound like a ranting old fool that’s fighting the current…

]]> By: larissa http://www.hergestridge.com/summers-friday-493/comment-page-1#comment-354 larissa Sat, 30 Aug 2008 22:00:16 +0000 http://www.hergestridge.com/?p=493#comment-354 How lovely. Many thanks for the well-wishes, and the warm memories. :) And, as for the "I" dilemma... well, since the persona known as "I" plays a, shall we say, starring role in a personal diary or journal, it's not so surprising that it would come up so frequently, is it? Relying on it too much gets boring; but then, contorting oneself into linguistic yoga positions just to avoid it at all costs can be a bit too much in the other direction... :) How lovely. Many thanks for the well-wishes, and the warm memories. :)

And, as for the “I” dilemma… well, since the persona known as “I” plays a, shall we say, starring role in a personal diary or journal, it’s not so surprising that it would come up so frequently, is it? Relying on it too much gets boring; but then, contorting oneself into linguistic yoga positions just to avoid it at all costs can be a bit too much in the other direction… :)

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