how do you interpret this?

[cacian]

I am writing this short play and just wondered how you would read/understand this sentence.


''Germaine Defoe: He is coming for you''

Thanks!

[Shaman_Raman]

My interpretation would be "Germaine Defoe is coming for you." Either that, or "He is coming for you.", is Germaine Defoe´s dialogue.

[cacian]

Shaman thank you :)

[Shaman_Raman]

No problem. You should post the play when you have a draft done of it, I'd be interested in reading it.:smile5: I've thought about trying out writing a screen play myself, but I have yet to see anyone post any kind of work like that.

[cacian]

will do Shaman and thank you.

my next expression is this:
which is best to say:

''discovered a secret'' or ''found a secret''?

the context is that the character was not looking for it it was just pure chance or shall i say denouement.

[hannah_arendt]

I would rather say: "Discovered a secret".

[cacian]

I would rather say: "Discovered a secret".

Any reasons why you would?

[cacian]

Anyhwo I have just been wondering what is a spin doctor?
Is it a spin that belongs to a doctor
or
a doctor that spins?
or is it a bit of both?

or If it is not taken literally could mean something completely different.
to spin is to bundle things and a doctor from dr who the time lord could mean a whacko professional who engages in serious matter without taking into accounts the sedative side of the doctrine he or she is spinning.
in fact why does to spin from spinning reminds me of the grimms brothers story sleeping beauty and the old lady at the spinning wheel.
Then the princess comes along and try to spin only to prick her finger and falls into a deep sleep.
A doctor then comes and spin her out of it.
Could the spin doctor be the twist on that?

[Lokasenna]

Anyhwo I have just been wondering what is a spin doctor?
Is it a spin that belongs to a doctor
or
a doctor that spins?
or is it a bit of both?

I don't often face-palm, but this comment made me do it. Have you ever actually considered looking stuff up? The rest of humanity manages with wikipedia and the OED, not posting a thread on a literary forum everytime some half-baked question comes to mind.

In the spirit of such, here is the wiki: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spin_doctor

[cacian]

I don't often face-palm, but this comment made me do it. Have you ever actually considered looking stuff up? The rest of humanity manages with wikipedia and the OED, not posting a thread on a literary forum everytime some half-baked question comes to mind.

In the spirit of such, here is the wiki: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spin_doctor

Loka I would like if you did not assume wiki was something I did not know about.
My questions above were meant to be taken literally and not metaphorically.

[hillwalker]

My questions above were meant to be taken literally and not metaphorically.

Uh? Do you even know what 'literally' and 'metaphorically' mean? What is the difference between a literal 'spin doctor' and a metaphorical 'spin doctor'?

Your bizarre response doesn't explain why you refuse to look in a dictionary - and whenever we inform you what a word means you dismiss our definition and proceed to share your own 'interpretation' of it.

May I suggest your next daily question be "How do you define the word 'troll'"?

H

[Shaman_Raman]

Anyhwo I have just been wondering what is a spin doctor?
Is it a spin that belongs to a doctor
or
a doctor that spins?
or is it a bit of both?

or If it is not taken literally could mean something completely different.
to spin is to bundle things and a doctor from dr who the time lord could mean a whacko professional who engages in serious matter without taking into accounts the sedative side of the doctrine he or she is spinning.
in fact why does to spin from spinning reminds me of the grimms brothers story sleeping beauty and the old lady at the spinning wheel.
Then the princess comes along and try to spin only to prick her finger and falls into a deep sleep.
A doctor then comes and spin her out of it.
Could the spin doctor be the twist on that?

Cacian...try to focus on your play.

[islandclimber]

Uh? Do you even know what 'literally' and 'metaphorically' mean? What is the difference between a literal 'spin doctor' and a metaphorical 'spin doctor'?

Your bizarre response doesn't explain why you refuse to look in a dictionary - and whenever we inform you what a word means you dismiss our definition and proceed to share your own 'interpretation' of it.

May I suggest your next daily question be "How do you define the word 'troll'"?

H

Hill, couldn't have said it better. In Cacian's little dream world, spelling and meaning are always arbitrary, if not completely irrelevant. Cacian seems to pose these random questions in order to answer them herself without even a semblance of knowledge with regards to using the English language.

I refer to this previous post on the best part of language.


For me it has to be the sound of the words and the flexibility of their spelling. The fact that I can adjust/rearrange letters to adjust a sound is very fulfilling.

Yes. Trolling is fun I suppose.

[Shaman_Raman]

Hill, couldn't have said it better. In Cacian's little dream world, spelling and meaning are always arbitrary, if not completely irrelevant. Cacian seems to pose these random questions in order to answer them herself without even a semblance of knowledge with regards to using the English language.


Yes. Trolling is fun I suppose.


I don't think it's fair to suggest she's ignorant, one could see Casian´s knowledgeable. Just, outside poetry, one needs to give more coherence to what they're saying.

[YesNo]

I am writing this short play and just wondered how you would read/understand this sentence.


''Germaine Defoe: He is coming for you''

Thanks!

Depending on the context, this could mean that he is having a sexual orgasm for you. To avoid that idea, I would say something like "He'll pick you up shortly" or "He'll be right here" or "He's coming to pick you up" unless you intend the sexual connotation.

Instead of "discovered a secret" or "found a secret", I would say "uncovered a secret".

A "spin doctor" is someone who makes something look different than what it might actually be.

At least that's how I would use the phrases.

[cacian]

Cacian...try to focus on your play.

I am . This is how I deal with plays. I give them a different meaning. :)

[cacian]

Uh? Do you even know what 'literally' and 'metaphorically' mean? What is the difference between a literal 'spin doctor' and a metaphorical 'spin doctor'?

Your bizarre response doesn't explain why you refuse to look in a dictionary - and whenever we inform you what a word means you dismiss our definition and proceed to share your own 'interpretation' of it.

May I suggest your next daily question be "How do you define the word 'troll'"?H

I could I guess. But then I will listen to you just this time. You define it.

[cacian]

As I researched into the meaning of the word ''protégée'' I link it to the word ''prodigal'' as in Prodigal Son. The parabol of the two sons and a father.
Protégée means protected and prodigal means upon its return is redemption ie once dead is now alive as it is quoted here.


"But it was appropriate to celebrate and be glad, for this, your brother, was dead, and is alive again. He was lost, and is found."

— Luke 15:32, World English Bible

Affinity is perhaps key here?

Protected as in only upon loss of money that the return of the son guarantees itself ie the son returns.
Negative equity as opposed to positive equity in housing finantial terms.

Affinity is the protected equity. The loss of money is the mean to return the son to the father.
Affinity is the meaning that abducts the sense. It turns it around on its head.

Are there any others examples of affinity you know of?

[Adolescent09]

In days of jest
May we inter our anathemas
in baths of salt.

[cacian]

Cacian, you're a woman? For some bizarre reason I thought you were a teenage boy.
Cacian is feminine as the painting may indicate slightly.
what made you think I was a teenage boy LOL now that is funny ;)

[cacian]

In days of jest
May we inter our anathemas
in baths of salt.

That is an interesting piece.
Did you write it yourself?

[Adolescent09]

Why, yes I did, cacian :)

I find it weird that poetry that took me literally 2 weeks to write is not commented on but something that took me about 10 seconds to write is praised. LOL!

[cacian]

Why, yes I did, cacian :)

I find it weird that poetry that took me literally 2 weeks to write is not commented on but something that took me about 10 seconds to write is praised. LOL!

LOL go figure.
I think it was a roman or latin quote and the reason for that is the ''baths of salt'' expression.
Did not the romans bathe in salted water?
any way I have yet to understand this piece. It has thrown me complelety sense wise I mean. I will see if I can work it out. :)
very nice indeed.