Neologism in Ratology

Whit

2014-08-14T02:06:00.003-07:00

Whit sounds like wit and according to dictionary.com, it means

a particle; bit; jot (used especially in negative phrases).

I have changed not a whit. I don't feel a whit better than I felt yesterday; in fact, I feel worse.

Whence as from what place

2014-08-14T00:51:00.000-07:00

Since I have mighty difficulties using my brain, I decided to browse through more famous quotes and learn some more archaic English words.

The new word I learn today is whence. Although I could have guess it to be associated "when," it's actually related to "where."

For instance

Whence comest though?

Means

Where do you come from?

Whither as to what place, whereever

2014-08-12T20:16:00.000-07:00

I fancy archaic words.

Just came across this word whither these two days.

But I still wonder how it was possible, in those graceless years of transition, long ago, that men did not see whither they were going, and went on, in blindness and cowardice , to their fate.
Rand, Ayn (2012-05-12). Anthem (p. 80). . Kindle Edition.

Old Testamen,t Ruth i. 16. For whither thou goest, I will go.
Various (2009-10-04). Familiar Quotations (Kindle Locations 101-102). Public Domain Books. Kindle Edition.

Wonder whether it's a legit way of using the word whither:

When starting to work on my book, I didin't see whither I was going?

I especially like the part "whither though goest"--feels mighty kimoji...

Save is except?

2014-08-11T23:11:00.001-07:00

Found an interesting usage of Save in Ayn Rand's Anthem. Save means except.

Nothing moves in this tunnel save our hand on the paper.
Rand, Ayn (2012-05-12). Anthem (Kindle Locations 21-22). . Kindle Edition.
And now there is nothing here save our one body , and it is strange to see only two legs stretched on the ground, and on the wall before us the shadow of our one head.
Rand, Ayn (2012-05-12). Anthem (Kindle Locations 23-24). . Kindle Edition.

save 2 prep. & conj. FORMAL or POETIC/LITERARY except; other than: no one needed to know save herself; the kitchen was empty save for Boris. <ORIGIN> Middle English: from Old French sauf, sauve, from Latin salvo, salva (ablative singular of salvus 'safe'), used in phrases such as salvo jure, salva innocentia 'with no violation of right or innocence'.

(2010-04-01). The New Oxford American Dictionary (Kindle Locations 731421-731426). Oxford University Press. Kindle Edition.

Example: No one need to know what I write in the Ratology Heal Blog save myself.

Schizophrenia as 精神分裂症 or 思覺失調症

2014-08-04T22:38:00.002-07:00

Just learned it from a friend of mine that Schizophrenia, formerly known as 精神分裂症, has been renamed to 思覺失調症, with de-stigmatization as the purpose.

http://www.mohw.gov.tw/cht/Ministry/DM2_P.aspx?f_list_no=7&fod_list_no=4558&doc_no=45300

蜂窩性組織炎 in English

2014-07-26T20:42:00.004-07:00

Was wondering what 蜂窩(性)組織炎 is in English. The answer is simple Cellulitis.

打點滴 in English? Getting an IV

2014-07-26T20:40:00.000-07:00

Just realized that I had no idea what 打點滴 is in English.

After googling around, I found that I do know what it is in English, getting an IV, except I can't map the two together. lol

Therefore, 打點滴 means getting an IV, and vice versa.

Die a thousand deaths

2014-06-05T05:35:00.004-07:00

"Die a thousand deaths" was one of an expression I used in my writing and the editors suggested me to have it edited out.

Ended up, the salad words outta my disordered mouth had been used before by Mr. Hemingway himself in A Farewell to Arms.

"The coward dies a thousand deaths, the brave but once."
"Of course. Who said it?"
"I don't know."
"He was probably a coward," she said. "He knew a great deal about cowards but nothing about the brave. The brave dies perhaps two thousand deaths if he's intelligent. He simply doesn't mention them."

Does Hemingway really believe that "the coward dies a thousand deaths, the brave but once" or "the coward dies a thousand deaths, the brave two thousand deaths"? Since I didn't read through the whole book, can't tell ya.

At least, here it is ... the context where the saying came from.

儞ㄋ一ˇ ni 8-O

2014-05-10T06:32:00.001-07:00

In Discussions on horses (馬上談), a segment of Dongpo Chan Xi Ji 東坡禪喜集, I came across this Chinese character that I have never seen in my life 儞:

蘇東坡與佛印出城遊行。佛印謂坡曰。儞在馬上十分好。一似一尊佛也。坡答曰。儞穿一領玉衆裟。在馬上好。似一堆太牛屎也。印云。我口出佛。儞口出屎。隨從人呵呵大笑。

This is a character I couldn't even find when attempting to type it out independent of the input methods. Since I couldn't type it out, it's impossible to google it and verify its existence using the digital method.

Regardless, based on the information about the radical and the number of strokes, I found that 儞 is the archaic form of 你--sort of thou to you (singular format).

See the following more information on 儞:

Enliterate

2014-01-14T21:29:00.002-08:00

Years back, I decided to create the word "enliterate" for the convenience of my writing because it sounds good.

Since the prefix "en" can mean "cause to be in a certain condition," I used the word "enliterate" to mean "make someone become literate."

Ended up, this word (and its variations) that I can't even find in dictionaries have appeared in various sources...

Enliterate

Enliteration

So?

Thank God. Now I don't even have to make an argument about whether "enliterate" is a word since it's been used before! lol

Ratology Lingo Update

2014-01-07T21:36:00.001-08:00

The discovering Ratology Lingo in process... new items are appended to the end of the list.

Click here for the Ratology Lingo spreadsheet.

Mickey mouse case?

2014-01-03T21:25:00.004-08:00

Mickey mouse is small (since it is a mouse).

When I say "Mickey mouse case," I mean nothing big... small case.

Club Meds

2014-01-03T21:04:00.003-08:00

After I came out of the psychiatric ward the first time, this gentleman I knew asked me where I had been. Not quite sure what to tell him and not wanting to lie, I told him that I was in Club Meds.

I wondered whether he might have thought it to be my ESL style of pronouncing Club Med, though.

Ratology lingo

2013-11-14T20:34:00.000-08:00

(1/8/2014 Update: Please see http://neologyratology.blogspot.com/2014/01/ratology-lingo-update.html for the updated Ratology Lingo list)

My writing in the Ratology domain is mostly nothing too close to standard English. I know it along the way but since I have been using language this way so long, many of the usages have become the standardized Ratology usage. (Of course, some part of my strange English is simply due to either mindless mistakes or my not-knowing-English-too-well kind of error. 8-O lol)

After I went through the notes and edits of proofreaders who went through the model I developed on my psychosis, I got to better identify how Ratology lingo deviates from standard English. One thing I have to stress is that I have no way to tell whether these preferred usages are a manifestation of the pathology or not--could be and could be not. Following is a list of Ratology language usage (still a work in process) with some of the points actually already mentioned in the Neologism in Ratology blog.

Me’s, myselves, and Is. Nothing grand and no mistakes... given my split-headed existence and as an attempt to acknowledge all the voices etc in me... there came... "mes, myselves, and Is."
I like to put words together to create a new word.
I like to build sentences this way: aberrant my brain structure or limited my words as opposed to my aberrant brain structure or my limited words
I like to build sentences this way: verb+not as in turn right not
I use emoticons to express feelings :-O :-X :-D lol
I like the sound of what it be like as opposed to what would it be like
I like to use da, them, la, etc as opposed to the standardized the
I like to use double negatives: should there be no nothing
I like the word: Donno
I like the word: Ain’t
I use the notion of “self” a lot because being psychotic is all about all things relating to me’s, myselves, and I’s. Therefore, terminologies like self-related.
I like to use vernacular language
I use the term “the normal” to refer to “the non-psychotic”
Sometimes psychotic is used as a noun to represent a person with psychosis
In terms of comma, I really don’t know my commas too well. However, sometimes that comma I put in does mean a pause partially because I do think slowly and there are pauses between my thoughts
The Apocalypses and the notion of being killed a million and a time I speak of refer to the scenarios at the height of my second full-blown psychotic episode.
Bend and snap: As per Elle in Legally Blond, "In my experience, it has a 98% success rate of getting a man's attention and when used appropriately -- it has an 83% rate of return on a dinner invitation. It's called the 'bend and snap.'" As per yours truly, I might have to swap "a man's attention" to "my symptoms' attention" and "a dinner invitation" to "an increase in medications." 8-O lol
I use the word “la” at the end of the sentence at times. Since 2-3 years ago and after I went back to Taiwan, I picked up this usage of "la" because I simply like it la! Them "la's" you see in my writing, it's the pinyin of the Chinese character "啦": a final particle of assertion.

(This writing is cross-posted in Ratology Reloaded.)

What's that "la"?

2013-11-09T15:03:00.003-08:00

Since 2-3 years ago and after I went back to Taiwan, I picked up this usage of "la" because I simply find it komoji la!

Then, when going through the edits my proofreader made, I realized that that "la" was causing him some confusions. Oopsy...

So, them "la's" you see in my writing, it's the pinyin of the Chinese character "啦": a final particle of assertion.

C'est ça la! 8-O lol

Bend and snap

2013-11-08T18:50:00.000-08:00

Since I use the "Bend and snap" expression quite often, I decide to post this blurb originally posted in Ratology Reloaded here.

DWM and bend and snap

Totally gonna stick to two and a half pills of 25 mg Seroquel until the last minute since them higher level cognitive processing that is required for yours sadomasochist to work on this psychotic model of my cuckoo head is a real...@#$%& (meaning I am not gonna go down on dosage until the fish on the cutting board thing gets too unbearable and, of course, before esophageal spasm strikes however sedated I might be the entire day as long as I have sufficient cognitive capacity to do 1-2 hours of da work to ensure Seroquel can shut the head down afterwards sucessfully...)

Higher level up, thought racing propensity up, grandiosity up and delusions also up... like bend and snap it never fails! 8-O 8-X lol

As per Elle in Legally Blond, "In my experience, it has a 98% success rate of getting a man's attention and when used appropriately -- it has an 83% rate of return on a dinner invitation. It's called the 'bend and snap.'"

As per yours truly, I might have to swap "a man's attention" to "my symptoms' attention" and "a dinner invitation" to "an increase in medications." 8-O lol

(The sole reason why I am making this post public is to show you the famous "bend and snap" that never fails! 8-O lol)

all be it albeit

2013-10-29T15:21:00.003-07:00

Was checking online about this word I really enjoy using (maybe too excessive) today... "albeit"...

Apparently, it is a late middle English word... (no wonder I like it since I am really a dinosaur in this modern world... lol)

Then, I realize that the word albeit came from the middle English expression of "all be it" although they say it is wrong to use "all be it."

So I thought, all be it proper not, I am gonna try to make a sentence using all be it (erroneous usage or not). 8-O lol

假處分 Provisional Injunction

2013-09-13T07:50:00.002-07:00

Given the state of the current affairs in Taiwan, yours legally illiterate heard the term 假處分 all the time and finally decided to look up what 假處分 means.

條文內容：
債權人就金錢請求以外之請求，欲保全強制執行者，得聲請假處分。
假處分，非因請求標的之現狀變更，有日後不能強制執行，或甚難執行之虞者，不得為之。

I originally thought that the word "假" means fake, ended up, it's more like the the 假 in "放假"... 暫時狀態 (temporary state) where nothing changes.

Apparently, in English, this is called Provisional Injunction, "a term that is used to describe the temporary injunction or a preliminary restraining order."

Puerto Plata principle

2013-08-16T10:23:00.001-07:00

"Puerto Plata principle?"

When I was in the resort of Puerto Plata, DR., there were open bars everywhere and they even come to restuff alcohol in the refrigerator on a daily basis. A drinker's paradise!

The only problem was that it wouldn't be too much fun if I get too boozed up and wake up with one of them hangovers that last for days with me religiously worshiping the porcelain God by giving back everything I consume. As a result, I had to be disciplined with my drinking- drinking enough to get the money's worth yet not so much that I would wake up with a huge hangover. It was an art to appropriate and an essential art to keep on drinking.... 8-O lol

So, during my recovery process and still, every day, when I find myself having the propensity to push and push even more, so I say to myself... "Puerto Plata principle."

(This was derived from a post originally posted in Ratology Reloaded)

気持ち (きもち) kimoji

2013-06-11T10:00:00.002-07:00

I grew up using this Japanese expression "kimoji"- sort of like gemütlich in German, good atmosphere in English and 氣氛 in Chinese.

Since I have been trying to learn the Japanese alphabets since around the time when I became telepathic again, based on the sound I have used gazzillion and a time in my life so far, I used hiragana to come up with the spelling for kimoji- きもじ. Yet, I simply couldn't find in any of my googling result stating kimoji is like 氣氛 in Chinese.

So I thought of this Taiwanese friend of mine who seems to be really well-versed in Japanese and sent her this SOS message, "how do you write in Japanese "kimoji"?"

Following is the ensuing conversation:

Expert, "気持ち (きもち)"
Ratprincess, "thanks... so it is not ji but chi?"
Expert, "ya"

Also (German)...

So it is... 気持ち (きもち or kimochi) in Japanese is きもじ (kimoji) in Taiwanese Japanese!

Could have continued to be wrong a million and a time more! Except, in Taiwanese Japanese, 気持ち would remain to sound like きもじ (kimoji)-- I guess.

(This was originally posted in Ratology Reloaded on November 5, 2012. Decided to cross-post it here.)

Tabula rasa

2013-06-11T09:55:00.004-07:00

Haven't seen this term since... like... forever...

The Latin term of tabula rasa is translated as blank slate in modern English with Tabula as tablet, and rasa as scraped, erased.

Like... do you think the mind came into the world as a tabula rasa (blank slate)? Or, perhaps, it ain't no tabula rasa? (pardon me for my language... I just have a liking for the "ain't" usage. Something feeling really... kimoji...)

Apparently, Mr. Aristotle already brought up the notion of the mind as a tabula rasa although ain't nobody paid it no mind for more than 1000 years (or maybe little mind).

Yīng yīng měi dài zi 英英美代子

2013-06-07T10:41:00.000-07:00

Before my accident in June 19th, 2007, I hardly knew what it be like to be Yīng yīng měi dài zi (英英美代子). Then, I found myself entered into the Yīng yīng měi dài zi era.

"Yian yian mo dai zi" is a Taiwanese expression meaning... hanging there doing nothing or “閑閑沒事做” . It's been very fashionable to pronounce Taiwanese in Mandarin these days. This is why people came up with the genious idea of converting the Taiwanese expression of "Yian yian mo dai zi" into the mandarin expression of "Yīng yīng měi dài zi" or “英英美代子.” 英英美代子, at the same time, looks like a Japanese name in Chinese... something like Ying Ying Miyoko.

So, if you hear me saying that I am a 英英美代子的無業遊民. It means that I am an unemployed (無業遊民) hanging there doing nothing ( 英英美代子). (8-O Auch...)

And, the next time someone ask you what you have been up to, you can reply by saying, "Yīng yīng měi dài zi (英英美代子) la!" 8-O lol

(There seems to be some issue with the youtube clip with the recorded pronunciation... hope it will be resolved soon since I've gotta go nite nite. Got the issue figured out... how I could play the clip. I have to unjoin the HTML 5 trial in order to see the clip. Guess the HTML 5 player didn't like this my being Yīng yīng měi dài zi 英英美代子 while people are working so hard to get its specifications nailed. 8-O lol)

Bèi gē gē 貝戈戈

2013-06-07T09:53:00.001-07:00

貝戈戈 (Bèi gē gē ) is a term I apply on myself all the time. If you put all three characters 貝戈戈 (Bèi gē gē ) together with 貝 (shell) on the left, and one 戈 (dagger, knife) stacking on top of the other on the left... you get this character... 賤 (oops... pardon me for my French).

There are many ways to interpret the word 賤 (which is not really a nice word to use).

What might be a context to for me to use this God knows how to translate expression of "貝戈戈"?

Example:
Why am I trying to work on a book that might not even sell or be read, especially ain't like anyone force me to do it? I am 貝戈戈 (Shell knife knife).

Brought it to myself... sadomasochist... almost...

Remember to not use this word on the others unless you really know what you are talking about... it's sort of like a swear word... not nice for you to use it on people... OK?

賈雨村言 Jiǎ yǔ cūn yán

2013-06-04T07:59:00.000-07:00

In my own writing, I see myself referring to 賈雨村言 many a time and thought I might want to share with you where it came from and what it referred to...

賈雨村 is a character in the famous Chinese fiction novel, "紅樓夢 (Dream of the Red Chamber)"... the story of a stone.

The literal translation of 賈雨村言 is "賈雨村 said." At the same time, 賈雨村言 (Jiǎ yǔ cūn yán) and 假語村言 (false comments, villagers' words) have the same pronunciation... with the latter what the author really inferred.

When I use 賈雨村言 in my writing, what I mean is... don't give a rat's ass about my crazy talk.

Following is the ending paragraphs of the book in Chinese. Unfortunately, most of the English translations I found online did not go all the way to the ending chapter (Look forward to the day when someone completed the translation of all 120 chapters):

這士隱自去度脫了香菱，送到太虛幻境，交那警幻仙子對冊。剛過牌坊，見那一僧一道縹渺而來，士隱接著說道：「大士、真人，恭喜，賀喜！情緣完結，都交割清楚了麼﹖」那僧說：「情緣尚未全結，倒是那蠢物已經回來了。還得把他送還原所，將他的後事敘明，不枉他下世一回。」士隱聽了，便供手而別。那僧道仍攜了玉到青埂峰下，將「寶玉」安放在女媧煉石補天之處，各自雲遊而去。從此後：天外書傳天外事，兩番人作一番人。」

The dumb stone "寶玉" got back from the field trip.

這一日，空空道人又從青埂峰前經過，見那補天未用之石仍在那裏，上面字跡依然如舊，又從頭的細細看了一遍，見後面偈文後又歷敘了多少收緣結果的話頭，便點頭嘆道：「我從前見石兄這段奇文，原說可以聞世傳奇，所以曾經抄錄，但未見返本還原。不知何時復有此一佳話﹖方知石兄下凡一次，磨出光明，修成圓覺，也可謂無復遺憾了。只怕年深日久，字跡模糊，反有舛錯，不如我再抄錄一番，尋個世上清閑無事的人，托他傳遍，知道奇而不奇，俗而不俗，真而不真，假而不假。或者塵夢勞人，聊倩鳥呼歸去；山靈好客，更從石化飛來，亦未可知。」想畢，便又抄了，仍袖至那繁華昌盛的地方，遍尋了一番，不是建功立業之人，即系饒口謀衣之輩，那有閑情更去和石頭饒舌。直尋到急流津覺迷度口，草庵中睡著一個人，因想他必是閑人，便要將這抄錄的《石頭記》給他看看。那知那人再叫不醒。空空道人復又使勁拉他，才慢慢的開眼坐起，便草草一看，仍舊擲下道：「這事我早已親見盡知。你這抄錄的尚無舛錯。我只指與你一個人，托他傳去，便可歸結這一新鮮公案了。」空空道人忙問何人，那人道：「你須待某年、某月、某日、某時，到一個悼紅軒中，有個曹雪芹先生，只說賈雨村言，托他如此如此。」說畢，仍舊睡下了。

Kong Kong Taoist copied down "the story of the stone" and was informed when and where the copied texts should be give to whom... by this gentleman who really could sleep.

那空空道人牢牢記著此言，又不知過了幾世幾劫，果然有個悼紅軒，見那曹雪芹先生正在那裏翻閱歷來的古史。空空道人便將賈雨村言了，方把這《石頭記》示看。那雪芹先生笑道：「果然是『賈雨村言』了！」空空道人便問：「先生何以認得此人，便肯替他傳述﹖」曹雪芹先生笑道：「說你空，原來你肚裏果然空空。既是假語村言，但無魯魚亥豕以及背謬矛盾之處，樂得與二三同志，酒餘飯飽，雨夕燈窗之下，同消寂寞，又不必大人先生品題傳世。似你這樣尋根問底，便是刻舟求劍、膠柱鼓瑟了。」那空空道人聽了，仰天大笑，擲下抄本，飄然而去。一面走著，口中說道：「果然是敷衍荒唐！不但作者不知，抄者不知，並閱者也不知。不過遊戲筆墨，陶情適性而已！」後人見了這本奇傳，亦曾題過四句偈語，為作者緣起之言更轉一竿頭云：

Kong Kong Taoist found Cao Xueqin and showed him the book... that's when Cao Xueqin deciphered that 賈雨村言 means 假語村言.

說到辛酸處，荒唐愈可悲。由來同一夢，休笑世人痴！

The ending poem... the way I see it... all the juicy things in life is like a dream... (and possibly for everyone). Thus, cut the people in this world some slacks and quit laughing at the inescapable silliness (Gotta be human speaking to the supernatural power including the almighty universe?). Of course, a layman's interpretation, back to 賈雨村言 la!

Neologism in Ratology: ㄍㄨㄢ　ㄕㄨㄛ

2013-06-03T22:44:00.001-07:00

Over a year after this post ㄍㄨㄢ　ㄕㄨㄛ, I was chatting with this auntie of mine who is a retired Chinese teacher and mentioned to her this strange memory I have about the pronunciation of ㄍㄨㄢ　ㄕㄨㄟˋ [guan shui] for 關說.

According to her, a veteran teacher who started teaching after graduating from college till she finally retired... ㄍㄨㄢ　ㄕㄨㄟˋ [guan shui] was the correct pronunciation... as in 遊說 (yóu shuì， lobbying). The thing is that everyone said it wrong and people eventually came to believe that ㄍㄨㄢ　ㄕㄨㄛ [guan shuo] is the correct way to have the term pronounced... to the extend that it's listed as the correct pronunciation in the online dictionary maintained by the Ministry of Education.

So, if you pronounce it the right way today, ㄍㄨㄢ　ㄕㄨㄟˋ [guan shui], you will be considered to have pronounced it wrong and be corrected with the formerly-known-as-incorrect pronunciation of ㄍㄨㄢ　ㄕㄨㄛ [guan shuo]... while those who correct your pronunciation really believe that ㄍㄨㄢ　ㄕㄨㄟˋ [guan shui] is wrong and ㄍㄨㄢ　ㄕㄨㄛ [guan shuo] is right.

(Am I sure am I sure am I sure? I ain't sure about no nothing though since the 說 in 關說 means 遊說. It does make sense for it to be pronounced the same way. Just 賈雨村言 la!)

由人代為請託遊說

《史記‧梁孝王世家》：「上廢栗太子，竇太后心欲以孝王為後嗣，大臣及袁盎等有所關說於景帝。」

(Mama mia! Even 史記 is out... just don't know which dialect they spoke then... 8-O lol)

Neologism in Ratology: ㄍㄨㄢ　ㄕㄨㄛ: Don't know why I though the 說 in 關說 should be a 破音字... instead of sounding like ㄍㄨㄢ　ㄕㄨㄛ [guan shuo] ... I thought it should sound like...

Neologism in Ratology

Whit

Whence as from what place

Whither as to what place, whereever

Save is except?

Schizophrenia as 精神分裂症 or 思覺失調症

蜂窩性組織炎 in English

打點滴 in English? Getting an IV

Die a thousand deaths

儞 ㄋ一ˇ ni 8-O

Enliterate

Ratology Lingo Update

Mickey mouse case?

Club Meds

Ratology lingo

What's that "la"?

Bend and snap

DWM and bend and snap

all be it albeit

假處分 Provisional Injunction

Puerto Plata principle

気持ち (きもち) kimoji

Tabula rasa

Yīng yīng měi dài zi 英英美代子

Bèi gē gē 貝戈戈

賈雨村言 Jiǎ yǔ cūn yán

Neologism in Ratology: ㄍㄨㄢ ㄕㄨㄛ

儞ㄋ一ˇ ni 8-O

Neologism in Ratology: ㄍㄨㄢ　ㄕㄨㄛ