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i just watched grand designs and now want too kill somone.
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dolce_vita wrote: »Are you a keen gardener Gen?
Or is it just a case of magniloquence on your part?
English is a wonderful language, one should make use of as much of it as possible.
Joseph Conrad, despite speaking Polish, Russian & French, chose to write in English."Mrs. Pench, you've won the car contest, would you like a triumph spitfire or 3000 in cash?" He smiled.
Mrs. Pench took the money. "What will you do with it all? Not that it's any of my business," he giggled.
"I think I'll become an alcoholic," said Betty.0 -
dolce_vita wrote: »Are you a keen gardener Gen?
Or is it just a case of magniloquence on your part?
Now that I had to look up. At a guess I thought it meant misuse of words.
I found the quote I was looking for:
‘A sophisticated rhetorician, inebriated with the exuberance of his own verbosity’
That was Disrali talking about Gladstone.0 -
As I've always said -
"never use a long word when a more diminutive one will suffice"dolce vita's stock reply templates
#1. The people that run these "sell your house and rent back" companies are generally lying thieves and are best avoided
#2. This time next year house prices in general will be lower than they are now
#3. Cheap houses are a good thing not a bad thing0 -
I'm sure they are all in Kevin McCloud's extensive (multilingual) vocabulary0
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dolce_vita wrote: »As I've always said -
"never use a long word when a more diminutive one will suffice"
then you end up with a vapid & vanilla vocabulary."Mrs. Pench, you've won the car contest, would you like a triumph spitfire or 3000 in cash?" He smiled.
Mrs. Pench took the money. "What will you do with it all? Not that it's any of my business," he giggled.
"I think I'll become an alcoholic," said Betty.0 -
Guy_Montag wrote: »English is a wonderful language, one should make use of as much of it as possible.
Absolutely, and most of hte world agrees, as English is now the lingua franca......much enquiry having been made concerning a gentleman, who had quitted a company where Johnson was, and no information being obtained; at last Johnson observed, that 'he did not care to speak ill of any man behind his back, but he believed the gentleman was an attorney'.0 -
I try to write to the lowest common denominator.
It saves arguments when the less intelligent don't understand and get all 4rsey about what they think you said!
As my father discovered when he was called into the office because some daft bint had complained that he had told her to stop her verbal intercourse and attempted to report him0 -
Guy_Montag wrote: »then you end up with a vapid & vanilla vocabulary.
........And one devoid of recondite and cabalistic tendencies.
dolce vita's stock reply templates
#1. The people that run these "sell your house and rent back" companies are generally lying thieves and are best avoided
#2. This time next year house prices in general will be lower than they are now
#3. Cheap houses are a good thing not a bad thing0 -
Guy_Montag wrote: »then you end up with a vapid & vanilla vocabulary.
I don't think that's right - one should always attempt to use the simplest, clearest language to convey exactly what you mean. That doesn't mean using a vapid and vanilla vocab, as often the clearest way to convey meaning is to use a precise, well-chosen word.
I think people sometimes use longer and more complicated sentences than are necessary, for the sake of appearances....much enquiry having been made concerning a gentleman, who had quitted a company where Johnson was, and no information being obtained; at last Johnson observed, that 'he did not care to speak ill of any man behind his back, but he believed the gentleman was an attorney'.0 -
i thought bifurcated referred to forks ??0
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