[bksvol-discuss] Re: [bksvol-discuss]writers who use big words
- From: Cindy <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
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- Date: Sun, 5 Jul 2009 18:23:13 -0700 (PDT)
verisimilitude. is a lovely word, and it sounds lovely, too. I remember in the
long-ago tv production of Cinderella (in the '50s; the godmother had words she
especially liked because of their sound. I don't remember many of them, but I
think one was picklerelish
Cindy
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--- On Sun, 7/5/09, Kim Friedman <kimfri11@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
From: Kim Friedman <kimfri11@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: [bksvol-discuss]writers who use big words
To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Sunday, July 5, 2009, 5:10 PM
Hi, Cindy, Kim here, I've had problems with people thinking
I'm stuck up because of my vocabulary. I really don't feel stuck up at all and
I
don't despise them, contrary to their beliefs. Maybe they're too embarrassed to
admit they don't know the particular word I'm using, but I think we learn if we
ask questions. Penultimate is a good word. When I was in junior high or high
school (I forget which) I read a story "Rappacini's Daughter" by Nathaniel
Hawthorne (or was it "The Cask of Amontillado" by Poe, again I forget which
one)
that I came across the word Verisimilitude. Now there's a double-barreled word
for you. It simply means "similar to the truth". Now you can be wise and
all-knowing and say that in your opinion Author Z's book The Fribble
(made-up title of book) lacks verisimilitude. I like that word and hope you do
as well. Regards, Kim.
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My husband taught me the word penultimate and I use it when
appropriate. I used once at supper with my daughter and son-in-law; my
daughter (a well-educated pediatrician didn't know what it meant (of
course, I was also well educated and an avid reader but I hadn't come
across it before-or if I had I hadn't paid much attention. I told her
what
it meant but my son-in law, who wasn't in a very good mood, said anyone
who used it was being pretentious.. Now I'm careful what I say around
him
When I was teaching, or when I'm talking to children, I try to
speak normally and use a good vocabulary, explaining the meaning of words
if necessary but not "dumbing down" my vocabulary
Cindy
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On Sun, 7/5/09, Rogerbailey81@xxxxxxx
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Date: Sunday, July 5, 2009, 8:39
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What gets to me is what some people consider a big
word. Once, in an effort to be facetious, I made reference to my id and
then I was accused of using a big word to impress. Id is a big word?
Then, at least twice, in casual conversation I used the word recondite.
Both times the person to whom I was talking reached without comment for
a dictionary to look up the word. One of them then expressed surprise
that I had used it in a way that I obviously knew what it
meant.
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indignation at every injustice then you are a comrade of mine." Che
Guevara
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Re: [bksvol-discuss]writers who use big words
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Hi all,
I love being able to
look up the occasional word. Taylor Caldwell is one of those writers
who
uses big words naturally, as if she figures her readers
will know
what on earth she's talking about! I had to resort to the dictionary
for
"efulgent" Anybody heard of efulgent? I also looked up "Lambent",
any
takers on that one? I better retake the SAT's I could probably get a
better score now after fourty years. <smiling>
Ann
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