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I wonder if this is related to (forgive the term) grammar-nazi-ism. I'm pretty sure I don't have any inner-monologue, at least the concept of it sounds weird to

I wonder if this is related to (forgive the term) grammar-nazi-ism. I'm pretty sure I don't have any inner-monologue, at least the concept of it sounds weird to me. I'm also super picky about grammar: if someone writes "its cold out today" I have to re-read the sentence to try to understand it. I don't "hear" "it's cold" in my head, I parse "its (posessive) cold" which doesn't make any sense, and I have to go back and re-read it to fix the writer's error.

ramblerman 7y ago
I'd say your grammar nazism comes from the fact that you are visually oriented. The mistake just looks wrong. And as a visually-oriented person you would also be less likely to have an inner monologue.
- Zenbit_UX 7y ago
  For me it's more about a and an, if someone were to write: "I installed a HDMI cable" my inner monologue will actually yell as it passes over the "a" to heavily emphasize the mistake. Depending on how annoyed it is, it might even respond... "Really? Did you really install _A_ HDMI cable today? Really? Maybe you installed _AN_ HDMI cable?" Acronyms are generally the worst for a/an situations as depending on if you personally pronounce the acronym as a whole word or spell it out in letters the rule might change.
- mikelevins 7y ago
  I have experiences like those of the previous poster, but I also experience when listening to speech, so it's not specifically visual, at least for me. And no, I don't experience speech visually (unless I'm reading a text transcript).
wozer 7y ago
I wonder: does not having an inner monologue imply that you never ruminate or worry excessively?
- mikelevins 7y ago
  I can testify that both rumination and worry can occur without an inner monologue. I have a monologue sometimes, and none other times. I can ruminate or worry in either case.
mikelevins 7y ago
I have internal monologue sometimes, and I also have the characteristic you're describing here. It's sort of pleasing somehow to discover that someone else has similar parsing issues. I tend to get stuck on failed parses, which sometimes makes conversation awkward. Some failed parses are funny, or they might prompt me to substitute homophones in a search for a parse that works. Sometimes the results make me laugh, and that can lead to occasional awkwardness.

ramblerman 7y ago

I'd say your grammar nazism comes from the fact that you are visually oriented. The mistake just looks wrong. And as a visually-oriented person you would also be less likely to have an inner monologue.

Zenbit_UX 7y ago
For me it's more about a and an, if someone were to write: "I installed a HDMI cable" my inner monologue will actually yell as it passes over the "a" to heavily emphasize the mistake. Depending on how annoyed it is, it might even respond... "Really? Did you really install _A_ HDMI cable today? Really? Maybe you installed _AN_ HDMI cable?" Acronyms are generally the worst for a/an situations as depending on if you personally pronounce the acronym as a whole word or spell it out in letters the rule might change.
mikelevins 7y ago
I have experiences like those of the previous poster, but I also experience when listening to speech, so it's not specifically visual, at least for me. And no, I don't experience speech visually (unless I'm reading a text transcript).

wozer 7y ago

I wonder: does not having an inner monologue imply that you never ruminate or worry excessively?

mikelevins 7y ago
I can testify that both rumination and worry can occur without an inner monologue. I have a monologue sometimes, and none other times. I can ruminate or worry in either case.

mikelevins 7y ago

I have internal monologue sometimes, and I also have the characteristic you're describing here. It's sort of pleasing somehow to discover that someone else has similar parsing issues. I tend to get stuck on failed parses, which sometimes makes conversation awkward. Some failed parses are funny, or they might prompt me to substitute homophones in a search for a parse that works. Sometimes the results make me laugh, and that can lead to occasional awkwardness.