The word I've used for needing to go to the bathroom is "desperate". It usually is accompanied by a crossing of my legs to indicate exactly what I'm desperate for.
Loved this departure from your "regular" writing, Alan. Besides being one of my favorite activities, "playing with words" deserves a word of its own. Like wordizing lol :)
What a piece man! I was thinking the whole time how in Spanish we have slang for "needing to use the bathroom" from "que pedo" to "la lluvia" but these are considered vulgar and not classy in good company.
In regards to the integrity piece my Spanish mind went to the proverbs talking about honor and being upright. Integral is already a sort of a Latin Portmanteau and I think English speakers are just making their lives harder. :)
Haha love it man! Yeah, foreign languages expose the gaps in our native tongues. I love those Spanish words. After I published this piece, my fiancée and I went and looked at a bunch of German words that don't exist in English. Some cool words like "earworm" (literal translation) for when a song gets stuck in your head and you keep singing it haha.
The word I've used for needing to go to the bathroom is "desperate". It usually is accompanied by a crossing of my legs to indicate exactly what I'm desperate for.
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Loved this departure from your "regular" writing, Alan. Besides being one of my favorite activities, "playing with words" deserves a word of its own. Like wordizing lol :)
Haha thanks Silvio. So true. "wordplaying"? There's got to be a more fun-sounding word than that... lol
I’m postjoyed. (short for, I really enjoyed this post.)
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Alan is back!!!
What a piece man! I was thinking the whole time how in Spanish we have slang for "needing to use the bathroom" from "que pedo" to "la lluvia" but these are considered vulgar and not classy in good company.
In regards to the integrity piece my Spanish mind went to the proverbs talking about honor and being upright. Integral is already a sort of a Latin Portmanteau and I think English speakers are just making their lives harder. :)
Haha love it man! Yeah, foreign languages expose the gaps in our native tongues. I love those Spanish words. After I published this piece, my fiancée and I went and looked at a bunch of German words that don't exist in English. Some cool words like "earworm" (literal translation) for when a song gets stuck in your head and you keep singing it haha.
Where did Alan go?
Oh, I went on a journey to find myself... which involved me not writing for a bit ;)