LL-L "Lexicon" 2007.11.23 (06) [E]

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From: Jorge Potter <jorgepot at gmail.com>
Subject: LL-L "Lexicon" 2007.11.23 (05) [E]

Dear Sandy Fleming and rest of Lowlanders,

And I agree with your saying:

>
> Yes, but as soon as you overreact, you lose. They drop "dig" from the
> language, you drop "excavate". Either way, the language is impoverished.



 Dear Sandy Fleming and rest of Lowlanders,

And I agree with your saying:


> Yes, but as soon as you overreact, you lose. They drop "dig" from the
> language, you drop "excavate". Either way, the language is impoverished.
>

I would just like to add another dimension to the discussion, mainly the
esthetic. When writing a poem, or anything else, anyone would prefer to use
a word like "zip" rather than "enthusiasm", "many" instead of
"multitudinous", "good" for "beneficent", etc.

Generally the only times I use Roget's "Thesaurus" is to achieve a smoother,
yet peppier flow of language or even just a shorter word.

Academics, lawyers and other specialists need certain highfalutin words that
can often be avoided by others, regardless of language. In Spanish, simple
"enseñanza" often is better than "pedagogía", "vender" rather than
"mercadear", etc.

Jorge Potter
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