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The Mïghty Kräcken

@artemis I used a lot of unusual words when I was a child because I read a lot of books. Basically, I spoke like a dead author.

24 October at 18:45 | Wall-to-wall | Open on mastodon.social
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Louanne Cooley

@Klaxun @artemis I still have this problem. If I use alacrity in a sentence you know I’ve been reading Austen.

24 October at 19:02 | Open on mastodon.green
The Mïghty Kräcken

@IcooIey @artemis
I have to simplify my speech for the sake of the people around me, but that can be a trap. I knew a guy who called night "dark time." I'm not going to follow you that far down the rabbit hole, Tracy!

24 October at 19:09 | Open on mastodon.social
Louanne Cooley

@Klaxun @artemis Depending on the time of day and brain fog levels, “dark time” could be all that I could get out. Have called the compost “the dead food place”. So you never know what someone is dealing with. And, also, code switching can be a necessary communication mechanism.

But, that said, it is a relief to speak or write with flowing lucidity and be comprehended.

24 October at 19:37 | Open on mastodon.green
Undead Report 💀

@IcooIey @Klaxun @artemis Interesting. As my wife and I were driving around last weekend looking at fall colors i said, 'look at the color on those trees in the dead yard' (meaning cemetery). But that's just me playing with words and then I see your post/replies.

24 October at 21:00 | Open on social.vivaldi.net
The Mïghty Kräcken

@NeadReport @IcooIey @artemis
I will assimilate dead yard into my vocabulary. Thank you.

24 October at 21:35 | Open on mastodon.social
Louanne Cooley

@NeadReport @Klaxun @artemis oh dead yard is very good.

My husband is very good at making up likely sounding words too. A personal favorite is “shmoguses” for stuffed shells.

24 October at 23:24 | Open on mastodon.green
Roger Moore

@Klaxun @IcooIey @artemis
An amusing example of this is Randal Monroe's Thing Explainer. He wrote a whole book trying to explain tech using the 1000 most common English words; he even had to say "ten hundred" for how many words he used, because "thousand" isn't in the 1000 words he was allowed to use.
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thing_

24 October at 23:21 | Open on c.im
Louanne Cooley

@VATVSLPR @Klaxun @artemis

That’s a wonderful book! My daughter was reading What If today.

24 October at 23:28 | Open on mastodon.green
Cavyherd

@IcooIey @Klaxun @artemis

I remember the near-orgasm I had when a friend used "apoplectic" in casual conversation 😂

24 October at 20:12 | Open on wandering.shop
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