How important is expanding your vocabulary to you?
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How important is expanding your vocabulary to you?
How important is it, and what methods do you use? Would you even be willing to spend money on it if it really helped you?
Thanks for your feedback everyone.
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In terms of methods you could always try the Word of the day gambit, to learn and use a new word each day. Having a dictionary with you when you read is also a great way.
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I also think it's great to expand your vocabulary, you can sound smart in front of your friends.
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Funny thing is that I find myself using that new word I learned every chance I get until the novelty wears off...lol.
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Agree Maud .... lazy and an indication of vocabulary deficit IMO, it's much more satisfying if you can just bring an eloquent put down to mind instead & it really shuts people up (if only while they try to figure out the meaning!).Maud Fitch wrote:With the growing acceptability of swear words in the media and entertainment industries, I am making a concerted effort to counteract it by increasing my vocabulary and learning more eloquent words. A quick four-letter curse can suit certain circumstances (I'm not an angel) but in general I think swearing is lazy. Word power works!
It's very satisfying to come across a new word and then find an appropriate circumstance to use it.
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But to be a truly effective communicator, one requires an array of words at their disposal, or a great thesaurus.
The more the merrier, I say !!
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So that gives you SAD and if you think it as a word "sad" which is to be unhappy it's easier to remember it
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WOAH. Hold the horses. Are you kidding?Fran wrote:Agree Maud .... lazy and an indication of vocabulary deficit IMO, it's much more satisfying if you can just bring an eloquent put down to mind instead & it really shuts people up (if only while they try to figure out the meaning!).Maud Fitch wrote:With the growing acceptability of swear words in the media and entertainment industries, I am making a concerted effort to counteract it by increasing my vocabulary and learning more eloquent words. A quick four-letter curse can suit certain circumstances (I'm not an angel) but in general I think swearing is lazy. Word power works!
Swearing is extremely important - it is important to use it properly and to enjoy it, like any other turn of phrase. Why is swearing somehow base or below standard?
"Word power works!" - YES! and swear/curse words are part of that!
"F*ck you" gets a message across far more quickly, and effectively than "do you know, I have taken an extreme dislike to you, and I would much appreciate it if you accepted this dislike by listening to the following opinion: I simply loathe your ideas, and they injure me in my most basic integrity". Sorry - those who don't appreciate swearing have no idea how language works. ("F*ck you" says all of this and more, for example.)
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Vocabulary 'deficit' doesn't even come into it.
If you have to shut people up with long words, that is pretty cheap. As Orwell says, being clear is always the most important thing, no matter what you are trying to say. Verbal clutter, especially in insult or discussion gets no-one, nowhere.
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You actually make my point .... 'F*ck you' has loads of different meanings, at least in Ireland it does! However, in the context in which it is usually utilised I hold to my opinion that it is a lazy, imprecise and vulgar expression.Artdude wrote:WOAH. Hold the horses. Are you kidding?Fran wrote:Agree Maud .... lazy and an indication of vocabulary deficit IMO, it's much more satisfying if you can just bring an eloquent put down to mind instead & it really shuts people up (if only while they try to figure out the meaning!).Maud Fitch wrote:With the growing acceptability of swear words in the media and entertainment industries, I am making a concerted effort to counteract it by increasing my vocabulary and learning more eloquent words. A quick four-letter curse can suit certain circumstances (I'm not an angel) but in general I think swearing is lazy. Word power works!
Swearing is extremely important - it is important to use it properly and to enjoy it, like any other turn of phrase. Why is swearing somehow base or below standard?
"Word power works!" - YES! and swear/curse words are part of that!
"F*ck you" gets a message across far more quickly, and effectively than "do you know, I have taken an extreme dislike to you, and I would much appreciate it if you accepted this dislike by listening to the following opinion: I simply loathe your ideas, and they injure me in my most basic integrity". Sorry - those who don't appreciate swearing have no idea how language works. ("F*ck you" says all of this and more, for example.)
-- Thu Dec 29, 2011 1:34 pm --
Vocabulary 'deficit' doesn't even come into it.
If you have to shut people up with long words, that is pretty cheap. As Orwell says, being clear is always the most important thing, no matter what you are trying to say. Verbal clutter, especially in insult or discussion gets no-one, nowhere.
As a nation of writers and thinkers we have many, many people who could request that you perform a similar action on yourself with so much panache that you might actually be tempted to try.
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