How do you deal with unfamiliar words?
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Re: How do you deal with unfamiliar words?
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I envy your robust vocabulary, Cswrawr. I frequently must reference the E'reader's dictionary for many of the books I read. I wonder if your knowledge of Spanish and French help you recognize unfamiliar English words …?Cswrawr wrote: ↑16 Apr 2018, 19:24 I don't often run into words I don't know while reading in English (which maybe means I should try for some more challenging books! lol) but I do often have to look up words while reading in French or Spanish. If I can't get a feel for the word in context then I usually pop it into google.
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Hmm... I suppose it's a possibility. English does borrow a lot from French.DennisK wrote: ↑16 Apr 2018, 20:34I envy your robust vocabulary, Cswrawr. I frequently must reference the E'reader's dictionary for many of the books I read. I wonder if your knowledge of Spanish and French help you recognize unfamiliar English words …?Cswrawr wrote: ↑16 Apr 2018, 19:24 I don't often run into words I don't know while reading in English (which maybe means I should try for some more challenging books! lol) but I do often have to look up words while reading in French or Spanish. If I can't get a feel for the word in context then I usually pop it into google.
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I was taught to use context clues throughout my school and I still continue to do that.madbooklover21 wrote: ↑05 Dec 2016, 16:44 I deal with unfamiliar words in a very similar way that you do! I tend to use context clues when I can. Most unfamiliar words I come across are from books that I am reading and the one thing I hate more than not knowing the definition is not knowing the correct pronunciation! So I have a dictionary app on my phone so I can quickly look up definitions and pronunciations anywhere I go!
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SomaKenya, An Ereader is a device - hardware. Of course, there are probably apps that your phone can do basically the same thing ... not sure as I don't own a cell phone. Where I live there is no signal, so I refuse to buy something I can't use ... I'm probably the only person on Earth that doesn't have one.
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Yes, there are a lot of words I would prefer not to use, but it doesn't hurt to know their meaning. I just came across the word, canicular as the canicular days of summer. I would prefer to simply say, “The dog days of summer ...”. The use of the word canicular seems a little pretentious. But then, again, if I were speaking to astronomers about the month of July, it may not seem an uncommon word. It seems the Romans associated the months of July and August with the appearance of Sirius - the Dog Star – that is how that word came about. I had always thought of the phrase, “The dog days of summer” as meaning lazy, warm, slow moving weather – like a lazy dog under the shade of a tree, but it turns out, canicular doesn't have anything to do with lazy dogs!JR Mercier wrote: ↑01 Jun 2018, 08:47 I did about the same - I would skip over it if I was really into the story and I can usually figure out the meaning. BUT... I usually don't say them out loud, even when I know what they mean, because I usually pronounce it wrong. In my head, the words flow but as soon as I open my mouth I sound like someone trying to sound smart by using 'big' words.
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That's so interesting! See, we live and we learn.DennisK wrote: ↑01 Jun 2018, 22:39Yes, there are a lot of words I would prefer not to use, but it doesn't hurt to know their meaning. I just came across the word, canicular as the canicular days of summer. I would prefer to simply say, “The dog days of summer ...”. The use of the word canicular seems a little pretentious. But then, again, if I were speaking to astronomers about the month of July, it may not seem an uncommon word. It seems the Romans associated the months of July and August with the appearance of Sirius - the Dog Star – that is how that word came about. I had always thought of the phrase, “The dog days of summer” as meaning lazy, warm, slow moving weather – like a lazy dog under the shade of a tree, but it turns out, canicular doesn't have anything to do with lazy dogs!JR Mercier wrote: ↑01 Jun 2018, 08:47 I did about the same - I would skip over it if I was really into the story and I can usually figure out the meaning. BUT... I usually don't say them out loud, even when I know what they mean, because I usually pronounce it wrong. In my head, the words flow but as soon as I open my mouth I sound like someone trying to sound smart by using 'big' words.
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