I haven't really heard any good words today
nor do I know any clever words
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Tue 23 Nov 2010, 16:02, 1 reply, 15 years ago)

You need to talk more
with The Supreme Crow and Enzyme.
(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Tue 23 Nov 2010, 16:04, Reply)

I would hope the experience would be quite pedagogical.

(LongJohnBaldry, Tue 23 Nov 2010, 16:06, Reply)

I'm sure it will be
I'm relying on you and your new words to pass my English exam.
(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Tue 23 Nov 2010, 16:07, Reply)

Ah.
Then perhaps I'd better make sure I use real ones for the next little while. (NB 'Pedagogical' is a real word, fear not.)
(LongJohnBaldry, Tue 23 Nov 2010, 16:14, Reply)

Hahaha
Well, thanks for that. The exam won't be until mid December, and it seems it's really very easy (look at this picture and describe it for 60 secs type of questions) I think I need to work on my pronunciation, though.
(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Tue 23 Nov 2010, 16:18, Reply)

Actually, I need to work on my vocabulary
Not its breadth, but its retrieval rate. Frequently I find myself in conversation and suddenly stuck for the word I want to use - often quite an obvious one. I end up trying to think of the word, whilst another part of my brain searches frantically for an alternative, and all too often I end up using the latter, especially, as per Sod's Law, when it's not quite the right word for the job.
(LongJohnBaldry, Tue 23 Nov 2010, 16:25, Reply)

Oh, I hate that so much
Both in English and Spanish, but more in Spanish. When you finally give up and say the alternative word, with that feeling in your brain that no, it's not exactly that, there's a better one, and you're not using it.
(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Tue 23 Nov 2010, 16:28, Reply)

Oddly enough, I've had it happen bilingually
A bit like when you Google something slightly obscure and the third result is some Russian website, I have had a few rare occasions in which the frantically-searching part of my brain runs out of English options and returns with "I don't know, but this is what it would be in French..."
(LongJohnBaldry, Tue 23 Nov 2010, 16:38, Reply)

Oh, yes!
It's well funny when that happens. I say it, hoping it sounds like an English word and people will understand... but they usually don't.
(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Tue 23 Nov 2010, 16:39, Reply)

I get this all the time
I think it's just the ageing process starting to take it's toll...
(berk, Tue 23 Nov 2010, 16:35, Reply)

Don't talk like that
You're just a kid!
(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Tue 23 Nov 2010, 16:36, Reply)

I'm only five years younger than you!

(berk, Tue 23 Nov 2010, 16:55, Reply)

Just a kid

(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Tue 23 Nov 2010, 16:57, Reply)

I don't really come across words that confuse me
unless they're scientific or technical terms. So I don't really view them as clever
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Tue 23 Nov 2010, 16:09, Reply)