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Boundaries: non existant in her world, will that EVER change???
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<blockquote data-quote="nerfherder" data-source="post: 585988" data-attributes="member: 15907"><p>You just reminded me of something I learned about myself at around age 17 or so.</p><p></p><p>I was in Vo-Tech during High School, and I used to say some of the wildest things. Mr. Purinton the teacher then asked me "Do you know what 'tact' means?"</p><p></p><p>And I was baffled. I had this amazing vocabulary, was reading college level texts by 4th grade, but it was a totally new word to me. Took a while longer to understand _why._</p><p></p><p>English is not my first language. I learned it very young, yes, but both my brother and I spoke mostly only Yiddish until we were 2 or 3 years of age, it was the household language and we were part of a somewhat - not Orthodox, but fairly insular - immigrant community. </p><p></p><p>And in Yiddish, there is no word for "Tact." I discussed it with my mom once, she said the closest Yiddish word would be "seichul" which means more like "common sense" or "knowing better than to do dumb s*** stunts." Hey, it certainly explains most Mel Brooks movies, right? <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p>So yes, I didn't learn there was such a thing until I was almost 18! <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="nerfherder, post: 585988, member: 15907"] You just reminded me of something I learned about myself at around age 17 or so. I was in Vo-Tech during High School, and I used to say some of the wildest things. Mr. Purinton the teacher then asked me "Do you know what 'tact' means?" And I was baffled. I had this amazing vocabulary, was reading college level texts by 4th grade, but it was a totally new word to me. Took a while longer to understand _why._ English is not my first language. I learned it very young, yes, but both my brother and I spoke mostly only Yiddish until we were 2 or 3 years of age, it was the household language and we were part of a somewhat - not Orthodox, but fairly insular - immigrant community. And in Yiddish, there is no word for "Tact." I discussed it with my mom once, she said the closest Yiddish word would be "seichul" which means more like "common sense" or "knowing better than to do dumb s*** stunts." Hey, it certainly explains most Mel Brooks movies, right? :) So yes, I didn't learn there was such a thing until I was almost 18! :) [/QUOTE]
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