Birth of a nova--not?

[Matthew Gordon]

I doubt that 'verisimilitude' is age-graded. It ain't no 'icebox'.

Still, thanks for the excellent example of linguistic Chicken-Littlism. When
I parody it in class it might go something like "In my day, we used walk 10
miles through 3 feet of snow to get to the library and learn important words
like 'verisimilitude'..."

-Matt



On 1/19/06 1:51 PM, "Jonathan Lighter" <wuxxmupp2000 at YAHOO.COM> wrote:

> Easy to pronounce - and spell and remember !  Like a cool new brand name !
> Especially when few people under forty have ever even heard the word
> "verisimilitude" !  And did I mention easier to recognize in writing ?  And
> funnier ?
>
>   Oh, gosh, the future is soooo rosy !
>
>   JL
>
>

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