Melanie Exam done - waiting for my result
I think I managed to make some progress towards this goal. I know that, sometimes, when I explain something to someone else and it totally makes sense to me, they end up with a “WTH is she talking about?” expression on their face. That’s because I think at a whole other level than most people – I’m the one who is thinking out of the box, because I’ve never been in there to begin with (or I’m in the box and the rest of the world is outside, whichever you prefer). I’m neither conceited nor cocky, I’m just different (people who know me would agree xD).
Anyway, it’s not just about being able to explain things in a way that other people actually understand me. It’s also about using standarized language (in German – I have no problems whatsoever to use it in English and don’t take my texts on 43Things as “standarized language”, they’re a mixture of both). I got better, but it’s still not natural for me to use standarized language (if your whole family speaks nothing but colloquial speech and you’ve been raised hearing nothing but… you get my point, it’s hard to get rid of – we’re all creatures of habit sigh )
However, I hope I’ll get there in the end. Standarized language sounds much better to me. In my opinion, it’s more sophisticated and, in comparison to colloquial speech, not everyone is able to use it – I like things which are not common.
