Well, most people will simply edit out something if it's sufficiently weird. Most likely they wil notice something is wrong, but if you act like nothing happened, they will assume that they simply heard you wrong, and will quickly forget about it. Only those to whom the word already has some meaning will actually recognize it for what it is, and will want to ask you if that was really what you said.
Isn't it possible that this could be used as some sort of signal among 'lithers, allowing us to recognize one another while leaving outsiders, well, outside. This of course requires that the word Barbelith doesn't become widely known in standard culture, and that the technique isn't used too often, in which case people will catch on that something is wrong.
Sine, your experience seems to be just like this. You say it completely out of contecst, and those who don't know will simply shrug it off. Those who do seek you out and you party 'till the sun goes up next morning.
Or whatever. |
