I'm pretty smart ya know? But also pretty dumb.

[Jackie.Hikaru]

In the middle of writing a story, I got stuck mid-sentence because I couldn't figure out how to write impropriety as an adjective.
Impropietous? Impropitious? Unpropitious?

Then I looked it up. Oh. Its improper.

...I knew that.

Please help my fragile ego and tell me I'm not the only one who gets stuck like this.

 

[StillStunned]

I think we've all been there. Sometimes you're just too close to the words.

 

[AwkwardlySet]

Eh, what's an adjective?

 

[onehitwanda]

In the middle of writing a story, I got stuck mid-sentence because I couldn't figure out how to write impropriety as an adjective.
Impropietous? Impropitious? Unpropitious?

Then I looked it up. Oh. Its improper.

...I knew that.

Please help my fragile ego and tell me I'm not the only one who gets stuck like this.

Improprietarious!

 

[Jackie.Hikaru]

Improprietarious!

I know you are, but what am I?

 

[onehitwanda]

I know you are, but what am I?

Improprietarisaurus!

 

[Jackie.Hikaru]

Improprietarisaurus!

*Improprietarisaurus-Rex

 

[StillStunned]

Improprietarisaurus!

The most socially awkward of all dinosaurs.

 

[Jackie.Hikaru]

The most socially awkward of all dinosaurs.

hey I resemble that !

 

[Bamagan]

In the middle of writing a story, I got stuck mid-sentence because I couldn't figure out how to write impropriety as an adjective.
Impropietous? Impropitious? Unpropitious?

Then I looked it up. Oh. Its improper.

...I knew that.

Please help my fragile ego and tell me I'm not the only one who gets stuck like this.

At least your step-Improprietarisaurus rex didn't find you while you were stuck and take advantage of you (by retyping your text).

 

[SimonDoom]

In the middle of writing a story, I got stuck mid-sentence because I couldn't figure out how to write impropriety as an adjective.
Impropietous? Impropitious? Unpropitious?

Then I looked it up. Oh. Its improper.

...I knew that.

Please help my fragile ego and tell me I'm not the only one who gets stuck like this.

Ha. I know exactly what this is like.

 

[Jackie.Hikaru]

Ha. I know exactly what this is like.

thank you!

 

[Off_base]

I got hung up on climbed? Had climbed? Clumb?
I chose climbed and decided I didn't care if it was wrong.

 

[TheLobster]

I got hung up on climbed? Had climbed? Clumb?
I chose climbed and decided I didn't care if it was wrong.

Fair. I wouldn't have thunk any more of it either.

 

[ElectricBlue]

That's nothing. I didn't how to spell "the" once, at university, writing a 2000 word term paper. the, hte, eht?? I didn't know for about 48 hours. Very odd.

 

[Off_base]

Fair. I wouldn't have thunk any more of it either.

It was a difficult moment. I'm from the southern US, so I've actually heard people say "clumb", which wasn't helpful.

 

[Jackie.Hikaru]

I got hung up on climbed? Had climbed? Clumb?
I chose climbed and decided I didn't care if it was wrong.

clumb sounds right to me lol

 

[onehitwanda]

clumb sounds right to me lol

clumbge?

 

[Jackie.Hikaru]

That's nothing. I didn't how to spell "the" once, at university, writing a 2000 word term paper. the, hte, eht?? I didn't know for about 48 hours. Very odd.

I once couldn't recall the letter 'X'. It was frustrating.

 

[StillStunned]

A lot of things become impossible once you start to think about them. Sometimes when I'm saying a word aloud, I realise it's just some random sounds and other people are supposed to understand what I mean. Or I might be walking along, and for some reason I become conscious of the act of walking, and it's impossible to walk naturally. Like I have to tell my legs how to move.

 

[TarnishedPenny]

I spent twenty minutes yesterday in an increasingly-determined search for confirmation that ‘apersonal’ was indeed a word. Swing-and-a-miss and there’s 20 I’ll never get back.

 

[Jackie.Hikaru]

clumbge?

I clumbge the hills with eager steps, and looked
For some sign of a beloved presence near.

Yep that’s way better than the original. Look at us go, improving the English language!

 

[MrStill]

Well, you've got me there. Is 'apersonal' indeed a word?

 

[Jackie.Hikaru]

I spent twenty minutes yesterday in an increasingly-determined search for confirmation that ‘apersonal’ was indeed a word. Swing-and-a-miss and there’s 20 I’ll never get back.

Oh wow, apersonal is indeed not a word

 

[EdwardsOtherSide]

In the middle of writing a story, I got stuck mid-sentence because I couldn't figure out how to write impropriety as an adjective.
Impropietous? Impropitious? Unpropitious?

Then I looked it up. Oh. Its improper.

...I knew that.

Please help my fragile ego and tell me I'm not the only one who gets stuck like this.

You're not the only one who gets stuck like this.

(What helps me; I get stuck on the college word, I try to figure out how I would say the same thing to someone who is only just learning English.)