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Are you also a collector?

>> No.19592406

Are you a native English speaker?

>> No.19592417

Yes, I collect words. It's called a vocabulary, and I keep mine in my mind, because I remember what words mean.

>> No.19592419

>>19592406
Yes, but I'm not a walking dictionary. If I hear a not often spoken word I like to write it down.

>> No.19592438

>>19592401
none of these words are too difficult and the words that one thinks are difficult in english tend to be very common in romance languages (malady, paucity, reticent, indelible, credulity, nascent, ostensible, recidivist)

>> No.19592502

I save words on my OED account, but the interface is shit honestly and not conducive to testing your vocab with saved words.

>> No.19592517
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19592517

>>19592419
Imagine you were deaf and never heard words spoken. Would you write all words down?

>> No.19592543

>>19592517
That's one of the worst analogies I've ever heard. Doesn't even make sense.

>> No.19592546

>>19592543
It's a question not an analogy dipshit. Answer

>> No.19592556

>>19592517
Why would I?

>> No.19592568

>>19592546
Don't get offended because you make a point as well as a teenage girl; incoherent and emotionally. When you pose something worth answering, I will.

>> No.19592592

>>19592419
If you're a native English speaker above the age of 20, and you still get astounded by relatively common words like "derivative", "ostensibly" and "recidivist", then you really need to read more. And this is coming from a non-native speaker.

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19592608

>English
>German
>French
>Latin
>Ancient Greek
>4563 Vocab cards

>> No.19592627

>>19592608
>vocab cards

what program are you using for that?

>> No.19592637

>>19592627
Anki of course

>> No.19592643

>>19592568
Cope and seethe. I've exposed your intellectual onanism and now everyone sees you for the mental midget you are.

>> No.19592645

>>19592401
I only collect STDs

>> No.19592655

Yes! Slowly making my way through the dictionary.

Here's a fun one I ran into today: haecciety

>> No.19592673

>>19592419
Nigga I'm argentinian and I know those words. It's not even a matter of reading, words like "Quorum" should pop up from time to time on the news.

>> No.19592697

>>19592655
Here’s one I just came across: Gallicisim. I like the sound of it, has a certain je ne sais quoi

>> No.19592708

>>19592697
I want to insult you for such a cringe joke, but I did giggle at first. :)

>> No.19592746

>>19592708
Then I will forgive you for your cringe smiley-face, my good sir!

>> No.19594245

>>19592655
I was writing recently and really really wanted to find a better word for "like a dove" than "dovelike".
I eventually found one, and to my surprise it was a word I already knew: "columbine".

>> No.19594478

>>19592401
If you're a Romance speaker those worlds are completely common.