Okay, Now this Explains a Lot


Ten-finger Exercises for the Lexicon.
I am capable of lots and lots of speech.

Okay - those of you who know me offline can stop laughing now. Yes, what is written above can be considered a bit of an understatement. I do not just love the written word - I love words. I love ideas. I love talking about them and listening to others talk about them. My loved ones know that extended silence means I am ill or very tired. It is rare that I do not have something to say.

Many have also noted that I tend to wave my hands around a lot when I talk. Don't stand too close to me when I am saying something - I might just inadvertently poke your eye out. All of this gesticulation looks especially silly when I am on the phone, as it happens whether someone can actually see me or not.

It appears there is a reason for all of this literal hand-waving. Apparently, wafting my digits to and fro allows me to access language more fluently. So, for those of you who laugh at me when I dabble my dactyls during a particularly fertile verbal riff, remember that they are simply playing the mental keyboard of my vocabulary. And for my father, who once insisted that if my hands were gone I wouldn't be able to speak - well, Dad, it seems you may have been right.
Posted: Thursday - May 12, 2005 at 08:54 AM         | |

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