One of the ladies from church was talking about a list recently published in the Times-Union paper regarding over-used or misused words. I found this interesting since I've been going on about the "importance of vowels" and such. In looking at the archives on-line for the newspaper, I've been unable to locate the article she mentioned, so have to assume it's similar to other lists of words which should be banned. Justin will love this one--he is not in favor of censorship at all!
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I'd say the correct word would be "avoid" rather than "censor", one being more harsh and insistent than the other. Once I used the word "than" in a Scrabble game and my brother-in-law didn't even realize it was a word! When making a comparison, he substitutes the word "as" for "than". Example: "I'd rather drive a red car as a blue car."
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Doing some reading on this subject yesterday, I discovered a few words which I over use or misuse, including the article "the". I read an entire paragraph which did not use the once! This would require practice!
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On HGTV there is an interesting program on called House Hunters, where a couple is shown at least three properties from which to choose, weighing the advantages against the disadvantages, with the dramatic selection coming at the end of the program. What makes me crazy is listening to the banter when walking room to room, often the same words repeated, every room, every house. "Oh, this is nice. Look at this nice closet. The double sinks are nice. Nice big yard for the nice dog and nice kids." Ahhhhhh! Is nothing exquisite in their lives? Nothing superb? Come on, folks, talk like real people, please!!!! An so?
How about the word "amazing"? This word I hear more and more often on these programs as well. What? Does nothing surprise you anymore that you'd find a wine cooler in the kitchen amazing? Pick, pick, pick!
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This sort of came to me after my conversation at the pool with the gentleman on Sunday. He seemed to find everything I had to say as being "outstanding", and would offer a high-five to me, for nothing I considered all that special. After one particularly profound comment I'd made, he said they regretted not joining the Club sooner and missing out on this type of fun. What? Talking? Yes, I get that, I get that!
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OUTSTANDING FUN!
2 comments:
Hi Kim,
When I worked at Mirro, the college kids, that worked summers, started doing a word a day. we would randomly pick a word from the dictionary, read the meaning, and then we had to use it in our conversation that day. It was a good exercise, some of the words were quite bizzare! but fun.
Have a stupendous day! How's that word?
Linda
Stupendous is fabulous!!!!!
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