HAVING FUN WITH INTERJECTIONS!
Let’s explore using the Blissymbol for “interjection”!
An interjection is a short exclamation, sometimes inserted into a sentence.
It is easy to remember the Bliss elements in “interjection”
feeling + mouth “feeling expressed by the mouth”
We have had this symbol element for a long time!
We used it in “Wow” and “Yuk” in the seventies, when we first began using Blissymbols.
'Blissful Thoughts' gives us the opportunity to have some fun, thinking of ways to express interjections in Bliss.
I am going to suggest ways to represent some interjections we use in English, and offer a personal interjection that I use frequently!
I invite those interested in Bliss to comment on my suggestions and also to offer their ideas for representing their personal Bliss interjections.
Oh - used to express a range of emotions including surprise, anger, disappointment, or joy, or when reacting to something that has just been said.
Bliss elements interjection + feeling + intensity
uh-uh - used to express a negative response to a question or remark
Bliss elements interjection + opposition
"I can't agree!"
uh-huh - used to express assent or as a noncommittal response to a question or remark
Bliss elements interjection + agreement
"I can go along with that!"
whatever - used to show disinterest or disbelief in answer to a statement
Bliss elements interjection + disinterest
"If you say so!"
aha -used to express insight, satisfaction, triumph, or surprise.
Bliss elements interjection + insight
"I get it!"
“Nuts!” or “Oh, Nuts” - My personal interjection when I accidentally do something, unintended, that irritates me. Don’t ask me why!
Bliss elements interjection + seed + tree + plural
"How stupid of me!”
NOTE
The above symbols are examples of ways to use “interjection” for personal use in conversation. These interjections will NOT be found in the BCI Authorized Vocabulary (AV). They are offered as a strategy for personal use only.
I look forward to your thoughts on the interjections above and I hope you will share your favourite interjections with us.
Shirley