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I see this is already not an 'every day thing!' I'm choosing the question for Jan 18th, since the one for today is sort of dumb (sweatpants to work - whatever.)

Thesaurus Day: Do you own a thesaurus? How often do you consult a thesaurus to find just the right word?

I do own a couple, actually, the physical, bound paper kind, even! And while I don't use the book versions as often, I do use a thesaurus quite often, usually when writing fiction. I have always been a verbivore and had a thing for weird, wacky, and wonderful language facts and oddball words. What I find disappointing, however, is how often someone comments (roughly 50/50 whether it's complimentary) on my word choices. Like, dude, 'viscerally' is not an especially lofty word...seriously?

Date: January 21st, 2025 07:00 pm (UTC)
avalonautumn: sage and a hill (Default)
From: [personal profile] avalonautumn
I love words, too! And I "play" in some types of my writing for sure with my vocabulary choices, so I know how disappointing it is to get told some common word is "too much." For whom, exactly?

Date: January 21st, 2025 08:02 pm (UTC)
liriaen: classicist painting showing Cardinal Richelieu at the siege of La Rochelle (in excelsis.)
From: [personal profile] liriaen
Words! Wonderful things! (Makes me think of the Monty Python sketch with the tinny and woody words...)

Date: January 21st, 2025 08:18 pm (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] glowingfish
I have comforting stacks of reference books back home, but here in Costa Rica, I just have the 12 books I brought with me.

Date: January 21st, 2025 11:15 pm (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] petit_elan
It sounds like a day for dinosaurs with a name like that!.. :P

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• Asking for help is not, as it turns out, fatal.
• Laughing is easier than pulling your hair out, and doesn't have the unfortunate side effect of making you look like a plague victim.
• Even the biggest tasks can be defeated if taken a bit at a time.
• I can write a paper the night before it's due, but the results are not all they could be.
• Be thorough, but focused.
• Trust yourself.
• Honesty, always.

Historians are the Cassandras of the Humanities

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