Pidgin Signs
Complete Sentences
No. Resisting completion. Embracing fragments, images, incomplete thoughts. No need to analyze, prove, argue, or finalize. Meaning: never set for always, everywhere. Meaning: like relationships, always changing.
Fused Sentences
You should feel free to fuse any things that seem to go together. Sometimes you will not have a choice in what you fuse or what fuses to you.
Fusion Examples
I have fused German with American, education with self–reflection, sisterhood with distance, and home with nowhere.
Some fusions are simply not meant to be, however.
Verbs
You should always know your go–to verbs. This MyStory's go–to verbs are:
- move
- learn
- read
- translate
- watch
- rain
Words Often Confused
See "cognates."
Unnecessary Words
Unnecessary words are those words that no one ever has to say to you because you're always already saying them to yourself.
Examples of Unnecessary Words
- You should feel guilty about that.
- Isn't cage awfully close to cagle?
- It might be time to move again.
- I should read that.
- You should read that.
- There's never enough time for all the books/experiences/sleep/travel/TV/movies.
Words that Build Common Ground
See "cognates."
End Punctuation
Content not coming soon.
Numbers
Numbers are not to be feared. They are a way of standing out, feeling special, and sounding smart.
To feel special with numbers, don't attend engineering school. Everyone there can do numbers.
For maximum special feeling with numbers, show off your number skills in Humanities or Arts settings.