Published on 12, July, 2020
Words fascinate me, I love them and I know so many and can even spell a few of them! I find different words give so much more texture and depth to what we say. I find the origins of words as interesting as the words themselves and the different uses for the same word although it can all get confusing when you have to work out which witch to use and weather/whether it will make a difference to waht you're saying.
Is English the only language to have so many similar words or words that change with context?
I also have a theory that that dialect words and accents follow the boundaries of the old Anglo-Saxon countries, if you look at a map of the original kingdoms pre Alfred the Great, then the variety of accents beccome more apparent. Of course i some areas such as the North East you have to factor in a large amount of Scandinavian words and accents too and along the borders of Wales.
Do you have favourite words and least favourite? I do't like the word "genre" mostly because it's hard to stop saying it and it ends up with a few extra "re-s" takcked on the end as you run out of breath whilst saying it.
I also gecome faascinated with "F" and "Ph", such as fantastic and phantasmagorical
Before I remove my head because it is hurting, I will tell you something that happened to me today.
I have spent a lifetime being approached by random strangers who then start talking to me as though they know me and often give me far more information than my brain can process or my ears want to hear.
It happened today when a woman approached me when I was sitting outside a cafe and started telling me about her health and her GPs health and other interesting facts.
She had just walked past me in the street and picked on me for some reason (the same reason the hundreds of others have I assume).
I wanted to ask her to kindly leave me alone as my croissant awaited me and was in danger of being blown away by the wind.
My husband told me that when he was at work he had a badge he wore that said 'f*** off'.
I though I might buy myself one.
Just the look on people's faces would make it worthwhile.
So, 2 words that impart a great deal (but that in reality I'm too obliging to actually wear).
This happens with me too. The badge sounds hilarious! Maybe you have a "resting friendly face" as opposed to the rbf?
I feel sad when this happens as I tend to think that perhaps I am the only person they have spoken to that day. Perhaps I'm not and they spill to everyone they meet which again is pretty upsetting in my book that they are trying to form a connection and going too far..... A common thing I see a lot.
I guess you could have a badge saying "please don't talk to me." ;-)
" Nosepick Engliss." often works if occompanied by a confused look.