[bksvol-discuss] Re: [bksvol-discuss]writers who use big words
- From: "Kim Friedman" <kimfri11@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 05 Jul 2009 17:10:39 -0700
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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Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: [bksvol-discuss]writers who use big words
To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
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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