How do you spell the word for that sound you make when you stand up after sitting too long in a chair? Would it be unnh? Or does it need a “g” in it, something more like aagh? Does it have an “r” sometimes? Arnh? Urrh?
It doesn’t matter so much how you spell it, but it does matter that you say it. Or more accurately, since it’s not quite something you “say,” it matters that the noise comes out of you. We often laugh at ourselves when we make these noises. But what do they mean?
Only you know what the noise means for sure, of course, but grunting when you stand up has something to do with the fact that it’s hard to get out of the chair. If you make one of these noises at the end of your writing practice, it means that your writing practice ends with some kind of a struggle. Continue…