Here’s my response to this week’s Six Sentence Story, where our prompt word is HARMONY. You may need a dictionary to enjoy my quick tale. 🙂
SPEAKING THE MOTHER TONGUE
“How is your sister making out at her new legal secretary job,” Kenzi asked her friend Pansy.
“Sad to say, the harmony in our home has been totally off since she started there,” Pansy replied. “Yesterday she said ‘You wore my best sweater again last night – and don’t try to obfuscate or prevaricate because I have credible witnesses to substantiate your culpability.’
“When I asked her what that meant in English she huffed and puffed and told me I’d need to ‘cultivate the thorough knowledge of a worthy dictionary’ if I want to get any sort of decent career.”
Three weeks later when Kenzi met her friend again, she could tell Pansy was in a much better mood.
Asked if things had improved at home, Pansy said, “Sis’s legal secretary position was terminated, so she got a job as sales clerk at Deandra’s Ladies’ Wear – and are we ever glad to have her speaking the mother tongue again!”
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Haha! An excellent story Christine
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Thank you. Now that Sis is back down to earth, she’ll be much easier to live with. 🙂
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Yup!
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It sounds like she got a far better job as a sales clerk.
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I think so. Good thing for all that she can impress Deandra and her clients with a simpler vocabulary.
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Sometimes simpler is just better–great writing!
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Quite often better for actual communication, I’d say. 🙂
Thanks for reading.
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I agree–and you’re very welcome 🙂
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It’s not easy to listen to someone who speaks like a dictionary.
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No. Pompous is always hard on the ears. 😉
Thanks for your comment.
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haha! Great six, Mother! I am like that when watching The First 48 with my sister. I am pre-law and an activist, so she gets so annoyed at me in how I apply law 😀
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Thank you. Human nature being so human, in most subjects the one who doesn’t know is inclined to resent being told by the one who does. 😉
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You’re welcome! Very true! It’s definitely human nature in these types of circumstances 🙂 It was a very enjoyable six, Christine 🙂
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Ugh, I hate when people try and talk themselves up using the vocabulary. I do feel bad that her sister lost the job though.
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Thanks for your comment. Since this is a fiction tale, I can always give her back her job later. 😉
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nice story that rings true (for certain times in life, among certain family members)…
it’s interesting how large a role work/occupation can be in one person’s life, compared to another
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Thanks for your comment. If you put your heart into your job, it’s very apt to impact your outside-the-office life, stories you share, etc. And the best kind of job is one you can put your heart into. 🙂
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Spending 30 years working in risk management certainly had an impact on my outlook: ever the pessimist now.
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Oh dear. But you’ll have quite the stories to tell–names withheld to protect the guilty. 😉
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I couldn’t possibly comment! 😉😁
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Well done! One wonders if her language will languish toward lingerie now?
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Or maybe her efforts to squeeze Size 14 shapes into Size 10 dresses? 🙂
Thanks for reading.
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🤗😂
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Fabulous Six, Christine. Thankfully, Pansy only had to put up with her sister’s pretentious behavior for 3 weeks!
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Glad you enjoyed it. I’m sure Pansy was glad when Sis came back down to earth.
Had a busy weekend; I’m finally checking this week’s SSS prompt. It flew past me on Sunday. 🙂
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