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
I remember as a teenager reading books written for adults and looking up the words I didn't know in the dictionary. I like understanding where words come from, their cultural history if you like, as well as their meaning. My favourite words have interesting rhythmical patterns when you say them out loud (like in-ter est ing), I can see it in musical notation (dotted crotchet, quaver, crotchet crotchet)... And I'm currently reading about phenomenological research methods, so that is a comforting word right now. Phenomenon can replace 'mnah-mnah' in the song the muppets did... "phenomenon... doo doooo doo doo doo"
My least favourite words are the ones that people use wrongly as it makes my brain hurt in confusion.