Romeo & Juliet: I seem to remember a portion in the play where someone exhorts "wit" to help them out, or says they're running out of wit—but I can never find it when look through the stuff. Is it just a false memory, or maybe something mentioned very much in passing? [more inside]
posted by Non Prosequitur on Jul 9, 2009 - 8 answers

How do I politely let a friend know they're crossing the line from joking teasing to being hurtful and that their constant sarcastic, negative attitude is getting old? [more inside]
posted by canine epigram on Dec 5, 2008 - 24 answers

I can't stop antagonizing people. How do I stop? [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Nov 12, 2008 - 23 answers

Everyone at work makes fun of me. How can I deal with it? [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Jun 27, 2008 - 46 answers

Our 8yo boy is very sensitive. Any teasing really seems to upset him, and of course that's the reaction the teaser is going for. How to help him? [more inside]
posted by luser on Jun 17, 2008 - 32 answers

Why do people I know, both acquaintances and quasi-friends, bring up my oddities whenever we go out together? It annoys me, and I wonder if I'm overreacting. [more inside]
posted by anonymous on May 24, 2008 - 43 answers

DiscourseAnalysisFilter: That I know something you don't know sing-song voice... how universal is that? Is it specific to North America? Do non-North American English-speaking kids know the tune for that phrase or others like "Iiiiii'm better than yoooouuuuu are" or "nyah nyah nyah nyah boo boo"? If not, is there another sing-song phrase they use for teasing? And how would one go about publishing their findings on such a question?
posted by heatherann on Nov 22, 2004 - 18 answers