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alfreda89 ([personal profile] alfreda89) wrote2006-11-12 01:44 am
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Vocabulary Meme

Then why am I so insecure about my vocabulary?


Your Vocabulary Score: A+

Congratulations on your multifarious vocabulary!
You must be quite an erudite person.

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[identity profile] kristine-smith.livejournal.com 2006-11-12 05:13 pm (UTC)(link)
Because, like me, you haven't yet memorized the dictionary?

I don't feel insecure about my vocabulary. It's my grammar and punctuation that terrify me. I still write and punctuate sentences according to how they sound as I read them. The comma is not my friend, and I am not on speaking terms with semicolons.

[identity profile] oliana0.livejournal.com 2006-11-12 05:16 pm (UTC)(link)
A- for me, which means the test was too easy, as I am actually a bad vocabulary person (though I've gotten better).

I'm the kind of person to use a word, and then verify that I've used it correctly. (It's nice having [livejournal.com profile] sparkylibrarian around.)

[identity profile] alfreda89.livejournal.com 2006-11-12 06:07 pm (UTC)(link)
It's my grammar and punctuation that terrify me.

Oh, yes. The em-dash and en-dash are my demons, and punctuating around quotes and periods are not friendly to me.

I did feel like I should know all the words set before me. Now, I try to use at least one new word correctly in any new project.

I've had a Taiwanese fan use my SF to learn vocabulary...

[identity profile] alfreda89.livejournal.com 2006-11-12 06:09 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm the kind of person to use a word, and then verify that I've used it correctly. (It's nice having [info]sparkylibrarian around.)

Yes, I do that, too. My biggest thing is pronunciation. If I learn it incorrectly for a word, it takes me time to re-learn the correct way to say the word.

[identity profile] oliana0.livejournal.com 2006-11-12 08:00 pm (UTC)(link)
Ah, whenever I mispronuncicate something horribly, I just pretend I did it on purpose and am just trying to be cute. I also have a slight stuttering issue with certain s/p/f combinations. I was about 20 when I could say sophisticated on the first attempt.

pro-nun-si-kate

[identity profile] sartorias.livejournal.com 2006-11-13 02:32 am (UTC)(link)
I hate knowing that I know a word but can't remember it. I know it's all down there somewhere, but the brain is not so good at retrieval from the master database.

[identity profile] alfreda89.livejournal.com 2006-11-13 03:44 am (UTC)(link)
Ah, whenever I mispronuncicate something horribly, I just pretend I did it on purpose and am just trying to be cute.

Sister!

Pro-NUN-see-ate! Pro-Nun-see-A-shun! ;^)

Seriously...

[identity profile] alfreda89.livejournal.com 2006-11-13 03:45 am (UTC)(link)
A lot of times I feel like a card catalog that has been upended. And getting stuff back into order will take time...
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