English is one of the hardest languages to learn. And no wonder! The Eskimos may have 100 words for snow, but we had to invent a Thesaurus just to keep all our synonyms straight!
And then there's an evil place called Context, where a dove dove, invalid invalids means fake sick people, or we ask, "Does a buck mate with does?"
But I love our language. I think it's so versatile and universal, and even more, I love exploiting it! I adore puns and plays on words! And I love Greek and Latin roots to learn what new, big word means: Anthropomorphic, Ambidextrous, Ambiguity, Auspicious, Catalyst, Dictation, Prerogative,Philanthropist, Gregorian! I consider myself a writer and hope to write for the rest of my life.
In closing, I want a thesaraus for Christmas.
I too love the English language! I'm a novelist...sadly I don't really care about big words, just words that evoke certain feelings and images. Out of curiosity, did you get a Thesaurus?
ReplyDeleteNo! Curses... Well, that's OK. I just love the world that can be created with a few words on a page. It's beautiful.
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