I realized that my writing vocabulary could/should be larger. I read things and I think, "Wow, that is a great word. Why don't I ever use it." I ruminated on my vocabulary and the myriads* of words that I do not use. I discerned that I have ample space in the capacious cavern under my pate to store these words. So I decided that as I read I will surreptitiously gather some of these great terms and then use them when I write. I apologize if you feel that this lubberly paragraph has been foisted^ on you. I am not trying to be impudent nor do I think it is a good idea to make new vocabulary the cynosure of a blog. I am just hoping that with practice to bring about a proliferation of superlative terminology.
*According to Merriam Webster online this is proper usage. Myriad is a noun and can be plural.
^Special thanks to Aase for this one.
3 comments:
I love it when you're loquacious.
verb-ose. verbose!
Your post had me laughing out loud - and it also reminded me of high school (jr. year) english teacher who spoke like that all the time. i'm not even exaggerating even a little bit. his vocabulary and ego belied his low self esteem. we'd laugh, intitially the laughter was genuine. as the year wore on and we could see how things were, it got to polite church laughter by most of us. there was a phrase he used a lot, at least once or twice a class period (sort of like paulson's eventual poop references) - it's going to bug me until i can remember it. i'll be sure to share when i do.
Post a Comment