I've gone on before about the word RUDE.
Sort of a trigger word.
Been called it twice in the last two weeks. Seen others accused of it multiple times on the twitterstuff.
Quite a tell, really.
I've never used it un-prompted. In response. Always says more about the accuser than the target.
Relaxing into the the time change, by ignoring it. Planning to take this week off next year. Assuming there is one. A week to adjust to an hour's difference is quite a blessing. Changing clocks gradually.
I barely dare hope. Self destructive tendencies triggered, suppressed. World politics intruding on my gardening. Still, weeding. Fennel planted, hyacinths about to bloom, crocuses and some irises already there.
Vacation so far. Turning compost, dismantling windows, changing tub drain (mostly Dylan, two days, ultimately successful) cleaning kitchen, weeding.
Still have five days to go. Not entirely sure what to do with myself.
Read Jasper Fford's The Last Dragonslayer, and want to read more.
Cats happy to have us about. Moby going out, Eleanor hanging around closely.
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There are alternative meanings, for example to be in rude health...I wonder if that slid into the English language from a different direction and ended up being written the same way..?..T
i don't often get told off for being rude but then i'm a big mouthy woman, so i tend to get respect just for that (no accomplishment of mine!) i went back and read your "rude" post and realised again just how badly i had wanted to be a small delicate girly thing. i was never a tomboy but i was always tall and big boned and opinionated, so all it ever was was wishing.
now having just entered my mid forties, i see that i care less and less for the delicate femininity. my woman friends, even the outwardly dainty ones, are solid, funny, smart, and not averse to the occasional swear. they're human. they're my kind of human.
fuck the delicate daintiness that prefaces insults with "sweetie" - nothing bugs me more except maybe "dear".
i'm trying to go for a walk first thing in the morning instead of dicing into the deep waters of twitter. the politics right now aren't even a nightmare - they're a farce! a westwing season playing out like the last couple of months would be laughable and yet here we are...
hang in there, take joy in spring!
I like that Fforde, I'll have to try the Last Dragonslayer. I enjoyed his Thursday Next series especially the alternate universe aspect of a rebellious Wales and all the wild cheese smuggling that ensues.
So what would be the opposite of rude? Polite?
Both have a place and can be a waste of time.
If being direct seems rude to some, their problem.
If being polite means to hide, why?
gz,
It's a bit of a slippery word, I'll have to do some research.
pc,
Some women just are that, and that's fine too. Although nothing like a delicate flower letting loose with a barrage of powerful obscenity! But most of us are heartier and more enduring innately. I detest being called dear or sweetheart.
Nimble,
It's written a bit more simply, young adult, but I enjoyed the first one and plan to read the rest.
Sabine,
Polite can be social oil, too much and truth slips away. Rude can shut down conversation, but it tends to be defensive and accusatory, never labeling itself that way.
Rude as in 'in your face' can be a bit unpleasant , but rude as blunt , unadorned truth should be listened to . As long as there's the right to reply ... and no punching.
S&S,
Yeah, not that kind of rude at all. Rude as in, asked politely several times, ignored me, so I insisted, and get accused of rude.
Hard-nosed and blunt ... I've been accused of that. Your explanation above tells me you are insistent, and that's a good thing in my book.
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