"jdow" <jdow@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
From: "David G. Miller" <dave@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> "jdow" <jdow@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> ...This mental lever amplifies whatever force is applied. If the force
>> is creative writing, you get more output from your favorite authors.
>> If the force is music, you get - oh never mind - that's a field that
>> decayed. If the force is cupidity you get phishers...
> Cupidity - immoderate greed
>
> OK. I'm impressed. I've read several books by William Manchester and
> Winston Churchill and thought I had a good vocabulary. I like learning
> new words. They're the palette of conversations.
I've been accused of having too many vocabules.
Impossible. See works by the authors I mentioned. Being able to use
exactly the right word to express precisely the right meaning is the
beauty of a good vocabulary. Unfortunately, we tend to get tarred with
the same brush as is applied to those who specifically choose obscure
words to obfuscate their meaning.
Cheers,
Dave
--
Politics, n. Strife of interests masquerading as a contest of principles.
-- Ambrose Bierce
