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Re: *sigh*
Author: Yogi Bear
Date: 1997/03/12
Forum: alt.support.dissociation
On 12 March 1997 {cherish} posted to alt.support.dissociation:
posted/emailed
> I want a *sigh* dictionary.
What a neat idea.
> An appendix will do.
I don't do surgery, sorry.
> Anything so that I know what a sigh is.
>
I think it's like jazz. I'm not sure I can explain it, but I
know it when I hear it. You have to try them on for sighs.
> For example:
> Define the following:
> *sigh*
my favorite sigh. right there in the stars
> ~sigh~
the poetic sigh, 'ah winged flight of breath' etc
> SIGH
big sigh, no frills
> {sigh}
in curlicue brackets, the basic baroque sigh
> (SIGH)
(such a sad sigh, so big and so silent)
> -sigh-
on balance, not a bad sigh, not a good sigh
> [sigh]
for presents--already boxed for small occasions
> *SIGH*
the cosmic big sigh
> ~SIGH~
this is too poetic for words
> sigh
your basic, all-purpose sigh
> {SIGH}
the sigh to give when everything's baroque
> (sigh)
(silent sigh. can you hear me?? I thought not.)
> -SIGH-
the big sigh that comes with guide pins
> [SIGH]
ah, such presents--when you need large economy sighs
> then there are
> *big sigh*
> *dreamy sigh*
>
> and other related sighs NOS....
what's NOS?
I've also seen *si* when litels are out-sighed.
> Anyone who uses such =sighs= in their messages could determine the state of
> emotion they are trying to express. Any help in this area will be greatly
> appreciated.
I'm not sure a dictionary is much help in these matters.
I think you have to shrug your shoulders and develop a
feel as you see which sighs fit you. Perhaps a mirror would
help?
> This is not a joke. If this were a joke, the request would be followed by a
> :) and it is not.
Does anybody know the URL for a sigh dictionary that's on the web?
This is so important somebody must have already studied it in
much detail complete with bibliography.
> Maybe we could assemble this information and add it to the DSM IV -J (Jello)
> or the next version the DSM IV - S (*sigh).
>
> trying to use *sighing* and not screaming to express emotion,
I haven't screamed since I took my car off the road.
feeling much better after trying them on for sighs...
Yogi Bear
"It's deja vu all over again." Yogi Berra
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