I thought my vocabulary was better

I love words,

all words,

inelegant and gauche,

vulgar and swear,

erudite and learned,

slang and joual,

words of love and hate.

I think my vocabulary,

is decent,

I speak both French,

and English,

but,

English is the language,

I read most,

it is the language,

I write in.

I love words.

Tonight, at the bookstore,

I looked up a word,

in one of the old dictionaries,

in the language arts section.

It is a word I used,

yesterday,

with my friend,

the busy writer.

We were discussing,

a very painful,

and personal,

incident in her life,

and I said the word,

that applied,

was,

perfidy,

abject and absolute,

betrayal.

It is the kind of word,

you use,

once every five years.

There are others,

pandemonium,

seismic,

obsidian.

While scanning the shelf,

in the bookstore,

I came across,

a book called,

word advantage,

how to build,

your vocabulary,

for success.

So, for fun,

I took the pretest,

I scored,

62 out of 100.

The book told me,

my vocabulary,

needed improvement.

Funny, I thought it,

was better.

Tomorrow, I begin,

building word power:-)

Success will undoutedly be,

mine.

Well, the NyQuil,

is kicking in,

Goodnight all.

Later girls,

Author: Bookish Butch

I am a bookish butch in my mid early fifties. I live in Montréal and always have. I used to run a small used bookstore. Reading keeps me sane. My latest jiggie is photography, book project in the works, living the dream View all posts by Bookish Butch

4 thoughts on “I thought my vocabulary was better”

BB:

Word, books and Blundstones? How cool are you? You might — just might — be living my dream although I confess, I’ve got NO plaid anywhere in my wardrobe, and the only hockey I watch is when the Women’s Olympic Team is playing.

You have a lovely site and a keen sensibility with words, BB. I’d like to add your site to my blog roll.

All through High School, in English class we had a weekly vocabulary assignment out of a booklet called Words Are Important. It was actually a lot of fun trying to define each word, use it, put it in the right place in a sentence. I miss the mental exercise.

I appreciate the compliments as I think your blog is terrific:-) I have added you to my blog roll, I hope that’s OK? Feel free to add me to yours.
As far as plaid is concerned, I come by it honestly, not only by my butchness, but, also by my coureur des bois and scottish ancestry:-)

English class in High School, that takes me back sigh. I already knew you were an accomplished wordsmith,
now, I know why:-))

Author: Bookish Butch

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