Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.

  • Transformation text

    Upon finding the escape of her memories, breaking the containment chambers, sirens withered. Sealment cracks began to show up the grime coating the exterior enclosure as the bursting memories murmured throughout to attempt to remember-anything to distinguish its whereabouts. I ring out wild piping notes a warning and lure to any others threatened by the…

  • Antihero intro

    Azerel -powerful wizard -(azar) health or support -longer sentences   The same old game, Saturday’s training and we weren’t happening to enjoy ourselves. Pleasing the old man with some old fashioned hit ‘n’ run bringing them back down to they’re lowly juniority smashing around getting a pummeling by senior figures was just acquiring the support…

  • Identifying features

    There’s nowt – using example slang wrong with slang Emma Thompson of all people ought to appreciate that Shakespeare’s slang – comparing to what legends of language have done became part of our everyday language ! ! Belinda Webb Friday 8 October 2010 12.00 BST ! That epitome of Hampstead luvviness, Emma Thompson, has apparently started a campaign against…

  • Text: Homophone, initialism, emoticons, Spoken: Speed, rising terminal infliction, body language, Both: Colloquialisms, verbal filler, ommission, sarcasm, acronyms,

  • Paragraph of analysis on speech

    You can tell more about someone from how they speak then what they say. The most important factor with spoken language is not the words that someone says but how those certain words are spoken. Expression in the voice gives a massive insight into what a person is like, how they act, and what they think of…

  • Conversation analysis

    [11:15pm, 18/09/2014] D: Shall I send you the pictures now?   [10:14pm, 18/09/2014] B: Thomas said he’ll send me fine stuff as well   [10:14pm, 18/09/2014] B: Of you want the file I can email it to you   [11:15pm, 18/09/2014] D: Yh can you email it to me as well please?   [8:24am, 19/09/2014]…

  • Conversation

    <background music> Alistair: we can have it with the music in the backgroundbackground ^ vague language Barnaby: why not? Or maybe not… A: how’s it going miss? ^vague language B: I think it might be a bit loud for the microphone though ^ vague language, using pronoun not noun A: let’s do it– ^interruption B:…

  • FITT Script

    Sarcasm Colloquialism Verbal filler Abreviation Dialect/Idiolect ^Ommision Confirmation request   <phone rings> 1. yeah 2. oh fanks for answerin gheezer, ^ know what I mean?- 3. Gimme dat, Where ^ you bin’ fool? ^ makin’ us rinse out our credit leaving you messages n’dat 2. Mr. Doors is well on the war path wiv you bruv,…

  • English Macbeth essay

    Shakespeare constructs our understanding of Lady Macbeth by presenting her as the dominant character in her marriage, playing against the stereotype of women in the Jacobean era (as they would have been looked upon as the inferior Gender) and using language devices. One way Lady Macbeth is portrayed as the dominant character is the manner…

  • Is she invisible?

    Nope, she’s not. A change in what surrounds a person- no matter how different does not particularly shield a person from sight, just cloud them from usual life. The book ‘She is not invisible’ was given to me by Christopher Waugh~head of the London Nautical school English department as an award and yes it’s a…

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