Is it normal to notice language this much?: A co-worker was telling me about how her Dalmation attacked the neighbour's Chow and I said "Isn't it like, five times the size?" And then I didn't hear anything else she told me because all I could think about was all the "i" sounds in that sentence, all the words that go letter-i-letter-e, the progression of "s" throughout the sentence, the odd rhythm (iambic mixed with spondaic, I think). And of course I've had that sentence in my head all day...

The question is, am I obsessively noticing that stuff, or do I say the things I say according to some need to align words in poetic ways? Oh no, that sentence rhymed too (sort of).

Ugh. I think this might be the cause of some major failures to communicate. I think I sometimes say what sounds best (poetically) instead of what I mean.

Oh well, communicating is one of the least interesting things there is to do with language anyway.