Ho, Netizens!
Just a quick note: I had a wonderful conversation with one Prof. Interrobang over brunch this morning. He has asked me to be the face of ERP! the "English Reclamation Project." Prof. Interrobang states, and I happen to agree, that the state of the world today is a result of 1) sub-par education and 2) crappy communication skills. ERP! proposes to change the world by expanding the vocabulary. (Well, the English speaking world at any rate.)
From my own view, if we were to bring back into common parlance such beautiful pieces of the language as "vouchsafe," "huggermugger," and "avaunt" my life's work of presenting the works of Shakespeare would forsooth and henceforth be a task more easily borne.
So we shall see what develops from all of this. In the meantime, here is a rather interesting glossary: Glossary of Archaisms.
Excelsior!
Tex
Just a quick note: I had a wonderful conversation with one Prof. Interrobang over brunch this morning. He has asked me to be the face of ERP! the "English Reclamation Project." Prof. Interrobang states, and I happen to agree, that the state of the world today is a result of 1) sub-par education and 2) crappy communication skills. ERP! proposes to change the world by expanding the vocabulary. (Well, the English speaking world at any rate.)
From my own view, if we were to bring back into common parlance such beautiful pieces of the language as "vouchsafe," "huggermugger," and "avaunt" my life's work of presenting the works of Shakespeare would forsooth and henceforth be a task more easily borne.
So we shall see what develops from all of this. In the meantime, here is a rather interesting glossary: Glossary of Archaisms.
Excelsior!
Tex
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