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Although interesting to learn, (and there's no doubt that it is,) how does using a word like "dolichocephalic" improve the quality of the story? Or the flow of reading? To me, it seems that it would be an interruption, and serve no particular purpose... in 'this' case, anyway.
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I understand what you're asking, but no, I don't. I actually enjoy coming across things that make me stop and think for a moment.
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I often find that if I have to look up words, my Kindle dictionary (the 10th edition Chambers) doesn't know them either... OK, I just looked up 'subniveal' in the book. Yeah, I'd have gotten the rough meaning from context (the actual sentence being 'The thaw continued overnight, and lawns that had been totally subniveal the day before were now resurfacing in patches of irregular green under a blue sky.'), but I'd probably have looked it up to be sure. Last edited by mbovenka; 12-31-2012 at 06:15 AM. |
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Pandiculation and deipnosophist.
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12-31-2012, 10:42 PM | #42 | |
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I never use the dictionaries on my Kindle. If I can't figure out the definition from the context, I'll look it up later; if I remember.
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