All morning I have been concerned with how we gain our Lifelong patterns of communication, and then we change it up as we go. In the middle of this, as often happens, I get myself distracted. It all starts very simply, I think something, which distracts me, then I go down a different road, find some obscure fascinating thought and I'm gone and who knows s for how long.
Someone once told me (or I read it somewhere?) You begin to learn Truth, or Wisdom, at some point in the same way - parental guidance. “You go out into the street, and I’m going to kill you.” You go out into the street; they drag you back, but they don’t kill you. OK, I’m learning.
And then I think WOW all this and it’s only 11:16 am and I am at the library.
Wait!
When you see “am” after the time what does that mean? Then I use it in the following text. When I read it back it didn't look right; "11:16 am and I am..." - whoa. I'm off.
The first "am" means “ante meridiem”? What? Then pm means "post meridiem". Now I find "am" is also an acronym for “amplitude modulation”, something we should all be aware of (particularly if you wear hearing aids).
What was difficult was finding a definition for the way we use "am". Have you looked for a definition of “am” lately? Yet we use it all the time. What does it mean? What do you think it means?
The search begins.
The first reference I found was in the UK “am” is "1 form of be :” (Cambridge Free English Dictionary and Thesaurus). I 'assume' that is the same as "one form of be :" and their example: “Do you know how old I am?”, I reflected could be said “Do you know how old I be?” (works for me.)
I did fine one definition of “am” in a search that stated,
“verb - first person singular present of be” – not sure what dictionary
provided the answer; however, an Oxford English Dictionaries link was connected
to the definition and when clicking on the link I could have subscribed to the
Oxford English Dictionary for $39/year. I am sitting in a library, and I think
I will be happy to use their dictionary. Anyway, the answer was available online via
Bing using Edge - and that is where I be.
And then I'm off again.
Now there is an advertising line
for you; “Binging on the Edge”. This is not Lady Gaga’s “The Edge of Glory” where one line is “I’m on the
Edge with you”, although, Microsoft should use Lady Gaga’s song in their
ad’s.
Hmm.... "I'm Binging on the Edge with you". It has a certain ring to it. Anyway, it was fun for a Friday Morning.
I be on my way.
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