brainwired1 on September 21st, 2017 at 21:14 UTC »
"So avoid using the word ‘very’ because it’s lazy. A man is not very tired, he is exhausted. Don’t use very sad, use morose. Language was invented for one reason, boys - to woo women - and, in that endeavor, laziness will not do."
Looking at this made me think "Goddamn, people can remember a lot of stuff." Probably sounds dumb to say but it just struck me at how many things we know and take for granted. Most people will recognize every word on this chart - and this is just a tiny fraction of the words they can read and write. Never mind all the other things they've retained over their lives - faces, places, rules, names, sights, sounds, smells, music, math, stories, etc. etc.
brainwired1 on September 21st, 2017 at 21:14 UTC »
"So avoid using the word ‘very’ because it’s lazy. A man is not very tired, he is exhausted. Don’t use very sad, use morose. Language was invented for one reason, boys - to woo women - and, in that endeavor, laziness will not do."
John Keating, Dead Poets Society
SolusOpes on September 21st, 2017 at 22:45 UTC »
High res version: https://i.pinimg.com/736x/ac/5f/80/ac5f8051d8e5af2cd7ec3d4482201e5c--emotion-words-australian-english.jpg
HopeAndVaseline on September 22nd, 2017 at 02:45 UTC »
Looking at this made me think "Goddamn, people can remember a lot of stuff." Probably sounds dumb to say but it just struck me at how many things we know and take for granted. Most people will recognize every word on this chart - and this is just a tiny fraction of the words they can read and write. Never mind all the other things they've retained over their lives - faces, places, rules, names, sights, sounds, smells, music, math, stories, etc. etc.
I dunno, I think that's cool.