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[lillibet]

I really enjoy it when I say something and my interlocutor comments that while they know the word or expression from their reading, they've never heard anyone use it in conversation.

Comments

[lyonesse.livejournal.com]

*grin* i like that too, but then i worry whether i am pronouncing it correctly ;)

[joyeous.livejournal.com]

Yes. Like the word "interlocutor!"

[fanw.livejournal.com]

That happens to me a lot. Glad to hear there are other literary people out there!

[jillbertini.livejournal.com]

Cool! I love it when that happens, too :).

[jim-p.livejournal.com]

It is always a pleasure to conduct loquacious intercourse with you, my dear :)

[galestorm.livejournal.com]

Wow, that sounds like a fantastic usage of the dictionary and interlocutors and such! (Wish I had more reason to use them myself...)

[muffyjo]

Reminds me of England. Using a full range of vocabulary is expected and it's a pleasure to pull the words out of the closet in my brain and put them to good use. Here, I find, working toward the common denominator for better communication is more frequent. It's a credit to my friends that I find their vocabulary more verbose than most and I enjoy it a great deal.

And as far as I'm concerned, it does rhyme with flour. Unless you are British. And we all know how funny they talk. ;)