I'm very sensitive to the English language. I studied the dictionary obsessively when I was a kid and collect old dictionaries. Words, I think, are very powerful and they convey an intention.
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Dictionaries are always fun, but not always reassuring.
If you have a big enough dictionary, just about everything is a word.
Words can be very powerful. I find them very difficult.
The dictionary is like a time capsule of all of human thinking ever since words began to be written down. And exploring where words have come from can increase your understanding of the words themselves and expand your understanding of how to use the words, and all of this change happens in your thinking when you read the words.
Dictionaries are like watches, the worst is better than none and the best cannot be expected to go quite true.
A lot of people use the dictionary to find out how to spell words.
I do love perusing the dictionary to find how many words I don't use - words that have specific, sharp, focused meaning. I also love the sound of certain words. I love the sound of the word pom-pom.
Spellings are made by people. Dictionaries - eventually - reflect popular choices.
I have my own vocabulary. I love linguistics. That surprises people.
The trouble with the dictionary is that you have to know how a word is spelled before you can look it up to see how it is spelled.
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