Saturday, April 28, 2012
Wednesday, April 18, 2012
Words as a Science: Vocabulary
Vocabulary building:
juxtapose from husband--does that mean compare side by side? --answer ...mmh yes
essentially-- more interesting than basic or basically
perpetrator --ye who did it, more interesting word than evil doer, wrong doer or criminal
prerogative from Britney Spears' album--a different shade of priority
verbatim word for word same meaning exactly, no imagery
hone means sharpen to a fine edge, useful word-see below, usually a tool
sustain or sustained get receive
hone-ee Johnny Cash pet name for his wife (long O)
Thought:
"Smoke on the water" is a song that comes in handy two times: one-when beginning to smoke; two-when ceasing to smoke.
juxtapose from husband--does that mean compare side by side? --answer ...mmh yes
essentially-- more interesting than basic or basically
perpetrator --ye who did it, more interesting word than evil doer, wrong doer or criminal
prerogative from Britney Spears' album--a different shade of priority
verbatim word for word same meaning exactly, no imagery
hone means sharpen to a fine edge, useful word-see below, usually a tool
sustain or sustained get receive
hone-ee Johnny Cash pet name for his wife (long O)
Thought:
"Smoke on the water" is a song that comes in handy two times: one-when beginning to smoke; two-when ceasing to smoke.
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