tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129064848004232361.post5644175643040308050..comments2023-09-18T21:43:47.885-07:00Comments on Remains of the Day: Impoverished VocabularyAndreahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14748454816480995214noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129064848004232361.post-38621081370451289912007-11-29T09:07:00.000-08:002007-11-29T09:07:00.000-08:00Word choice is so important. I've been reading th...Word choice is so important. I've been reading through my manuscript and have suddenly realized how often I use the words "really," "However," and "but."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129064848004232361.post-5511906407987166532007-11-28T19:57:00.000-08:002007-11-28T19:57:00.000-08:00and what does it say about me that it never occurr...and what does it say about me that it never occurred to me to question your use of the word "dissed?!" i mean, i'll admit...since i haven't heard it used since the 80s, it did occur to me that perhaps you were using the word in some retro-cool way that i am clearly not hip to. which you really could have played off, btw.<BR/><BR/>but i can relate. i often find myself saying aloud "what did i just say?" after yet another grammatical bungle. at least my kid isn't old enough to correct me. yet.deborah keischhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15428212888544567687noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129064848004232361.post-72907896273139166862007-11-28T19:10:00.000-08:002007-11-28T19:10:00.000-08:00That is EXACTLY my problem! Since my son was born,...That is EXACTLY my problem! Since my son was born, sometimes I just sit at the computer and stare at the screen for 2, 3, 4, 5 minutes before I can think of that perfectly normal word I was looking for.<BR/>Do you think we ever get our sharp brains and our thesaurus-like vocabularies back? Here's hoping! =)Susana la Bananahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01625149392915396947noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129064848004232361.post-77227615555733421862007-11-28T17:06:00.000-08:002007-11-28T17:06:00.000-08:00sorry about the duplicatesorry about the duplicateresident mamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04874012745336971715noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129064848004232361.post-14145556564475296232007-11-28T17:05:00.001-08:002007-11-28T17:05:00.001-08:00Oh how we sacrifice ourselves for our children. I...Oh how we sacrifice ourselves for our children. I've been pondering this very phenomena since hanging with all the lovely demented folks.resident mamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04874012745336971715noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129064848004232361.post-45549713492050919682007-11-28T17:05:00.000-08:002007-11-28T17:05:00.000-08:00Oh how we sacrifice ourselves for our children. I...Oh how we sacrifice ourselves for our children. I've been pondering this very phenomena since hanging with all the lovely demented folks.resident mamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04874012745336971715noreply@blogger.com