"Ineluctable" ??

[welsh dragon]

Thank godness for the great God Google.

 

[GrumpyGregry]

Guess it depends upon the writer and the context.
In interviews I have heard with Will Self, he always seems to come up words, where a more commonly used word or expression would suffice. I can never work out if he is doing it deliberately as an expression of his perception of his self (sic) worth, or he is one of those people who naturally have a wider vocabularly range.

Having shared a coffee with him in Stockwell a few times, back in the day, I'd say it is how he speaks. Why should folk have to place artificial and arbitrary limits on the language they use I wonder? Why can't folk take delight in the language they use?

 

[GrumpyGregry]

Thank godness for the great God Google.

Why the assumption that folk don't know the meaning of a word without having to Google it?

 

[welsh dragon]

Why the assumption that folk don't know the meaning of a word without having to Google it?

I wasn't. I was saying thank god for google as i often dont know the meanings of words, and i don't mind admitting that.

 

[Bazzer]

Having shared a coffee with him in Stockwell a few times, back in the day, I'd say it is how he speaks. Why should folk have to place artificial and arbitrary limits on the language they use I wonder? Why can't folk take delight in the language they use?

I am not saying people should place arbitary limits on the language they use. I sometimes use words in everyday language my wife wouldn't. If that's how he normally speaks, kudos to him for having such a wide vocabularly.

 

[Ian H]

For interest see the Guardian article on 'the 35 words you're probably getting wrong' as examples of precision.

Several of which are either wrong or or only right if you're a complete pedant. Dear old Harold Evans.

I like Will Self's writings—he obviously enjoys words, and his enjoyment is infectious.

 

[Chromatic]

I used to think that erudite was a very strong glue

Did you know that Araldite, Aphrodite's less well known sister, is the Goddess of glue?

 

[Fab Foodie]

Having shared a coffee with him in Stockwell a few times, back in the day, I'd say it is how he speaks. Why should folk have to place artificial and arbitrary limits on the language they use I wonder? Why can't folk take delight in the language they use?

Absolutely!

 

[Fab Foodie]

Did you know that Araldite, Aphrodite's less well known sister, is the Goddess of glue?

I used to get a magazine called Araldite Monthly, I just couldn't put it down!

 

[Crackle]

I used to get a magazine called Araldite Monthly, I just couldn't put it down!

That reminds me: They don't do Rag mags anymore

 

[Bimble]

That reminds me: They don't do Rag mags anymore

Good call - haven't seen one in ages. The studies used to do a bed push too down the local highstreet too, rattling tins and buckets, but it's probably a decade or more now since they stopped.

I quite like that CC has a good mix of simple, easy to digest posts, along with some very erudite folks who use words I've never heard of and have to go off and Google to find the meaning. I don't have very good recall though so whilst I find some words fascinating or "clever" I forget them and miss the opportunity to look brainier than I really am.

 

[smutchin]

I like Will Self's writings—he obviously enjoys words, and his enjoyment is infectious.

I've long felt that Will Self writes first and foremost for his own amusement and doesn't really care what anyone thinks of him. Good for him.

 

[Old jon]

I will forgive James Joyce, but not his choice of words. Stymied me for ages at school. 'The ineluctable modality of the visible . . .'