Talk:Ordinal linguistic personification

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I think i have this because:

1-boy 2-boy 3-girl 4-boy 5-boy 6-boy 7-girl 8-Girl 9-boy

1 and 2 are brothers. 3 and 5 fight. 7 and 8 are sisters that love each other.

1, 2 and 3 are babies. 4 is quite sensible. 5 is always laughing. 6 is a kind woman, very homely. 7 is an unfriendly snob. 8 is an old man. 9 is an authoritarian and strict person.

I assume different people have it differently; for me 1 is a stern middle-aged man, 2 is a sad (maybe a little stern) middle-aged woman, 3 is a man in his early 30's who likes to get into dirty business, 4 is a young lady who is quite to herself, 5 is an extroverted young man considered cool, 6 is a slightly older man who is a little mean, 7 is a young metrosexual male, 8 is an older lady who has an easy-going attitude and 9 is an older and more sophisticated lady who has reached the retirement age but continues leading a very busy life.Abc85 22:36, 14 May 2007 (UTC)

What? you guys are wrong 1 is a girl, 2 boy, 3 boy, 4 girl, 5 girl, 6 boy, 7 boy 8 boy, 9 boy 71.178.30.161 23:38, 20 May 2007 (UTC)

M'kay For my sister and I it is more like this: I agree that "U" is a souless sort of thing, and 9 is most definitely a con artist.--Nova my sister I agree that "U" is souless too but 9 to me is bitter and sides with 3 on alot of things but kind of the leader of the two. -- Me (Maddie)

WOW, I happened across this article as a link from Mescaline (don't ask), but I thought I was probably the only weird kid who thought that 1 and 2 were older adults (male and female, respectively), 3 and 4 were younger kids that played together, both male (although 4 was and is a bit androgynous), 5 was male, 6 slightly female, and 7 and 9--both female--were in a jealous match over the attentions of 8, male, and literally caught in between. 9 was also a bit ruthless and sinister, which I eventually related to the mathematical fact that, when 9 is added to other digits, the result is always one less than the result that would have been obtained had that digit been added to 10 (so, 9 cheats the other numbers out of their fair due). The higher numbers also have gender, but it corresponds to the last digit's gender, so 11 is male, 12 female, 13 male, and we're still not quite sure about 14...

Like certain languages, the alphabet is also "romantic" (excuse the obvious pun), i.e., the letters carry gender: A is female and "close to" (familiar and friendly with) B, which is male. C is a rival of that friendship, but the gender is unclear, probably male. D and E are definitely male, as are most letters through M and N, who are buddies. R is male and jealous of T (male), because S is female and is romantically impressed with T, while somewhat neglectful of R. P and Q are female, as are V, X, Y and Z. Y is subordinate to Z's authority and tenure. W is a respectable old elephant, and if anybody can tell me what that means, you know more than me!

Then, of course, Sunday and Saturday are feminine, Monday masculine, Tues fem, Wed masc, Thurs and Friday masc--but Thurs just barely-- and Thurs and Fri are close-knit and tend to feel superior to, and ostracize, Mon through Wed. Sat and Sun are kind of doing their own thing as well, but it's probably because they are part of the weekend, so not sure that counts as synesthesia.

I always thought of Wednesday as a sophisticated older female. I dont really recall any more linguistic personafication, however numbers in the teens were white/blank. I'm sure there's many others, I'm just flu-ridden and dulled on cough medicine at the moment. Anyway, I think this phenomenon is a clever means of our minds retaining info that needs to be frequently and readily recalled, in a way metaphorically connecting them with other important memories, thoughts, emotions and personalities on a subconscious level, which keeps them stored close to your immediate consciousness. It could also work the other way around, or also be symbiotic. 74.68.54.118 (talk) 05:18, 26 March 2008 (UTC)

—Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.68.54.118 (talk) 05:11, 26 March 2008 (UTC) 

I never thought anything like this actually existed; I just always thought I was sort of weird for thinking that and didn't tell anybody what I thought about numbers of letters. But that's how I learned to spell my name when I was small (remembering their personalities).

1, 2, and 3 don't have personalities. They stay together and are friends, but 3 was a girl and played with 4 sometimes. 4 is a young women, a teen almost, who is in love with 5 and is constantly trying to woo him. 5 is a jockish young man who thinks of 4 as a little sister, not as a lover. 6 is an average, well brought-up boy, but doesn't have much friends because he is shy. 7 is mean and wimpy, pretending to be tough and is constantly following 8 around (the other numbers don't like him). 8 is a nice, beautiful woman who acts as a mother to all the other numbers. She is 9's wife and nearly his complete oppisite. 9 is an unnsociable, ruler-of-the-house that all the other numbers think of as the "boss" and are afraid to cross him. 10 is 9's co-worker, but is actually 9's subordinent and /thinks/ he's making all the decisions, although 9 really is.

I used to think of letters as people too. I did this a lot in elementary school. (G was a sort of shy, nervous boy and dependant on H and etc) 70.112.29.124 (talk) 22:38, 8 May 2008 (UTC)