Are there certain words or names you just can't remember?

@TheHorse (216291)
Walnut Creek, California
December 9, 2021 11:13am CST
And I'm not necessarily talking about senior moments here. There's a street near my house. I often do business there. My friend Ko has moved her Thai restaurant there now. I got new tires for one of my trucks there. When I describe that street to friends, I say "the mostly Mexican street that begins with 'm'." They immediately get it. As I type, I can't remember the name of the street. But I can remember the name "Milpas," the mostly Mexican street from Santa Barbara where I went to graduate school more than 30 years ago. Another tough one for me is Eva Cassidy, the wonderful singer who died too young of cancer. Twenty years ago, when I could not use "old age" as an excuse for forgetting things, both my music partner and I could never remember her name, though we both worshiped her singing.. It just happened to pop into my mind as I was typing. Maybe I'll attach a link to her version of a Sting song. Apparently he wept when he heard it. I also have words that I always found difficult to spell. For years, even when I was in graduate school, I struggled to spell "restaurant." There are other words that still bug me (we can all be forgiven for having to look up "hemorrhoids"), but I cant think of them right now. I have no trouble with things like "there," "they're" and "their." Do you have certain words or names that sometimes befuddle you? A couple of times (maybe four) over the past 20 years, I have even said, "You know...the handsome guy who played in Dances with Wolves and a bunch of other movies." Yes, I can remember his name right now.
https://lnk.to/evacassidyFrom the album Songbird
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@Edsamacos (557)
• Philippines
9 Dec 21
There are blank moments. Sometimes, I get mentally blocked and I cannot remember the phrase or word that I am supposed to say.
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@TheHorse (216291)
• Walnut Creek, California
9 Dec 21
Can you think of examples? I just got off the phone with a friend and STILL can't remember the name of the big street that's less than a mile from my house.
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@marlina (154131)
• Canada
9 Dec 21
I have a few
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@TheHorse (216291)
• Walnut Creek, California
9 Dec 21
Do share! I want to feel less alone.
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@jobelbojel (35112)
• Philippines
10 Dec 21
It seldom happen to me though if it does it will take time for me to remember. Just right now, I am trying to think of my student's name back in 2012.
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@jobelbojel (35112)
• Philippines
10 Dec 21
@TheHorse good way to remember the names. Do you write it on paper now or just mentally remembering it ?
@TheHorse (216291)
• Walnut Creek, California
10 Dec 21
@jobelbojel When it comes to numbers, I just remember.
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@TheHorse (216291)
• Walnut Creek, California
10 Dec 21
Heh. I remembered the name of the street I wrote about just now. When I drove by it yesterday, I took note that the name had three syllables in it. It's "Monument."
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@DaddyEvil (137233)
• United States
10 Dec 21
I'm not good at remembering names, either of people or streets. It can really be annoying.... (When I'm at work, I usually just call people ma'am or sir, even if I've known the person for years and consider them fairly close friends. *shrug*)
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@DaddyEvil (137233)
• United States
11 Dec 21
@TheHorse Nobody seemed to care...
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@TheHorse (216291)
• Walnut Creek, California
17 Dec 21
@DaddyEvil I would find it odd if someone who knew me called me "sir." "Boss" is the one term that really bothers me, though.
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@TheHorse (216291)
• Walnut Creek, California
10 Dec 21
I occasionally use "ma'am" or "sir" with strangers. Both words are a bit "distancing" but polite.
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@Fleura (30009)
• United Kingdom
9 Dec 21
OK now it's bugging me because I can't remember the name of the Dances with Wolves actor either!
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@sulynsi (2671)
• Canada
9 Dec 21
Kevin Costner?
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@sulynsi (2671)
• Canada
9 Dec 21
@TheHorse don’t mess with my head!!
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@TheHorse (216291)
• Walnut Creek, California
9 Dec 21
Tom Cruse! Just kidding. Kevin Costner.
@JudyEv (337193)
• Rockingham, Australia
10 Dec 21
Eva had such a beautiful voice. And the lyrics are lovely too.
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@TheHorse (216291)
• Walnut Creek, California
10 Dec 21
It's sad that she didn't become "famous" until after she passed away.
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@TheHorse (216291)
• Walnut Creek, California
11 Dec 21
@JudyEv True. As I recall, Bach was seen as a great "organ player" during his lifetime.
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@JudyEv (337193)
• Rockingham, Australia
11 Dec 21
@TheHorse That happened with so many composers too.
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@mayka123 (16605)
• India
10 Dec 21
I have a problem remembering people's names.
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@TheHorse (216291)
• Walnut Creek, California
10 Dec 21
I do too.
@sulynsi (2671)
• Canada
12 Dec 21
Oh my ! Yes! And it’s always the same word or words. Like ‘register’ and ‘classification’ When I need these wordy, do you think I can find them?!?
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@TheHorse (216291)
• Walnut Creek, California
12 Dec 21
Kevin Who? (Dances With Wolves.) For me, it's random.
@vandana7 (100034)
• India
12 Dec 21
What a lovely song. Why cant you sing a song like this Pony? Sometimes I feel like being physically abusive to you...LOL Will you forget that too?
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@vandana7 (100034)
• India
13 Dec 21
@TheHorse What is the difference...forget the difference...I think this would sound really great in your voice. After you lose some control, you won't be able to sing such things, even if you want to. If I were you, I would record as many as possible even if it was for private listening.
@TheHorse (216291)
• Walnut Creek, California
12 Dec 21
I am not a crooner.
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@FourWalls (66572)
• United States
10 Dec 21
Usually my own name.
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@FourWalls (66572)
• United States
17 Dec 21
@TheHorse — excellent reply!
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@TheHorse (216291)
• Walnut Creek, California
17 Dec 21
@FourWalls I can't believe I only really became familiar with this classic tune a few years ago. After I'd spent decades watching children laughing in the sun.
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@TheHorse (216291)
• Walnut Creek, California
17 Dec 21
I think it's David Crosby.
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@LadyDuck (469316)
• Switzerland
10 Dec 21
YES, I never forget a face, but I often have problems remembering correctly people's name. It is annoying, I do not want to look not polite, but I cannot remember.
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@LadyDuck (469316)
• Switzerland
11 Dec 21
@TheHorse - I talk for a while trying to remember the name, sometimes it works.
@TheHorse (216291)
• Walnut Creek, California
10 Dec 21
I sometimes resort to "Hey, Man, how's it going?" Sigh.
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@1creekgirl (41236)
• United States
12 Dec 21
I was making out a card with gift for our mail carrier for Christmas and every year I can't remember her name. She...wait, it just popped into my head. Now if I can remember it long enough to write in on her card.
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@TheHorse (216291)
• Walnut Creek, California
12 Dec 21
Did you do it? Glad to be of help.
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@1creekgirl (41236)
• United States
12 Dec 21
@TheHorse Yes, I wrote it on her card and now I've forgotten it again.
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@Hannihar (130222)
• Israel
10 Dec 21
@TheHorse I have forgotten people's names and for the life of me at the time I need the name I cannot think of it. Also normal spelling words I need Grammarly to help me spell them. I just listened to a little bit of the song. She had a very nice voice but I do not know the song.
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@TheHorse (216291)
• Walnut Creek, California
10 Dec 21
I think it's by Sting from the band The Police.
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@Hannihar (130222)
• Israel
12 Dec 21
@TheHorse ok and thanks for clearing that up for me.
@LindaOHio (174209)
• United States
10 Dec 21
Yup. I feel your pain. As we age my husband and I have to work together to remember certain things. Hemorrhoids is definitely one word to look up. That and diarrhea.
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@TheHorse (216291)
• Walnut Creek, California
10 Dec 21
I think I have diarrhea wired now. But hemorrhoids...another matter.
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@GardenGerty (160192)
• United States
10 Dec 21
Funny, I was just visiting with someone I am training to do one of my jobs, and we had to work a while to figure out where we knew each other from--different job, different town--and I was having her refresh me on names of clients I could remember but not remember their names. Peninsula is a word I have trouble with and then there are some words that my hands always type wrong, even though my brain can spell them right.
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@TheHorse (216291)
• Walnut Creek, California
17 Dec 21
Heh. Peninsula. I think I forgot that one while looking at one a few months ago.
@BarBaraPrz (46810)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
10 Dec 21
I can't remember the names of the streets at either end of my block. How pathetic is that?
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@TheHorse (216291)
• Walnut Creek, California
17 Dec 21
Pathos is an interesting word.
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@snowy22315 (178607)
• United States
9 Dec 21
Yes, yes and yes. Although I am pretty good with remembering actor's and singers names. I just played a trivia game like Trivial Pursuit with my nephews over Tgiving. I won...so my memory is mostly intact.
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@TheHorse (216291)
• Walnut Creek, California
10 Dec 21
I suck at Trivial Pursuit.
@LeaPea2417 (37336)
• Toccoa, Georgia
10 Dec 21
I can't remember one of my main College professors. The only way I will remember is to go out to the shed where I keep all my school yearbooks and look him up. It bothers me because he was someone I admired and never thought I would forget his name.
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@TheHorse (216291)
• Walnut Creek, California
10 Dec 21
I can remember the names of most of my influential teachers. Hey, the mystery street is "Monument"! I drove by it yesterday and said "three syllables" to myself. That was enough to help me just now.
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@wolfgirl569 (103917)
• Marion, Ohio
10 Dec 21
I have always been terrible at remembering names. Also love the spell check on computers
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@TheHorse (216291)
• Walnut Creek, California
10 Dec 21
I use spellcheck all the time.
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@Telynor (1763)
• United States
10 Dec 21
The older I get the more I forget.
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@TheHorse (216291)
• Walnut Creek, California
10 Dec 21
I haven't yet used the line "Son, I've already forgotten more than you know."