So, this one time, many years ago, S and I are sitting in the hospital. She’s mostly unconscious on pain meds, I’ve been sitting there beside her for the last few hours, amusing myself reading a book[1] or whatnot, and the nurse comes in, to kindly bring her her supper.<\/p>\n
The nurse brings over the mobile table-tray thing, and rotates it into place.<\/p>\n
“Ruuuuuik.”<\/p>\n
The nurse moves it back.<\/p>\n
“Iuuuuur.”<\/p>\n
“It’s him.” S says, from her mostly dazed state. “He’s doing it.”<\/p>\n
I had apparently been semi-consciously making sound effects. “Making the world come alive” as S puts it.<\/p>\n
[1]Probably my phone.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
So, this one time, many years ago, S and I are sitting in the hospital. She’s mostly unconscious on pain meds, I’ve been sitting there beside her for the last few hours, amusing myself reading a book[1] or whatnot, and the nurse comes in, to kindly bring her her supper. The nurse brings over the … Continue reading Onomatopoeia and Silly Noises<\/span>