[bksvol-discuss] Re: [bksvol-discuss]writers who use big words
- From: Cindy <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
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- Date: Sun, 5 Jul 2009 16:51:52 -0700 (PDT)
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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Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: [bksvol-discuss]writers who use big words
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Date: Sunday, July 5, 2009, 8:39 AM
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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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 P.
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