evocative words

[nnozomi]

As a temporary antidote for a) standard 2020 blues and b) when yuletide, tell me about words that always recall a particular scene/image/context for you.

I will never encounter the word "altruism" without thinking of the Weyrleaders' duel in Dragonquest, where I first ran across it (I used to reread that scene kind of a lot, a good way to learn new words among other things). In Japanese, 選り取り見取り (a plethora to choose from) always brings to mind sweet shy freckled Morita-san the defense officer, enthusing over the spread of Japanese snacks people had brought back from business trips, way back when I was working for Japanese diplomats overseas. In Chinese, Duolingo was just having me review 丢 (to lose/misplace something), which makes me think of Shen Wei yelling at the Regent over the Dixing Register.

And so on and so forth. Give me some of yours.

Comments

[clevermanka]

I mean, I'll never hear the phrase "You're worth it" the same again, and not because of L'Oreal. 😆

[nnozomi]

値得! Absolutely. (unrelatedly, best wishes to your wrist <3)

[clevermanka]

❤

[tinny]

I have sooooo many of those, but I can't even recall a single one right now. (Too tired.) But my brain runs on words, and we do lots of associative humor. Lots of it is from movies, so it's mostly old movie quotes like "I carried a watermelon" or "I'll roll down the window now" or "got it on the first try". I left this comment open for a while now, but I still couldn't think of any single-word ones.