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Old fashioned words

Aspergers_Aspie

Aspergers_Aspie

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I don't know about other countries but in the UK, my gran once said brow, I thought she meant eye brows. I had never heard of brow until then, I know that part of the body as forehead. Has anyone else had experience of old fashioned words?
 
As words change over time, their usage and meaning can alter and shift. Most words are old, some older than others, so to offer and example would be subjective.

For instance the word furrow has multiple meanings and one of those dates back to the 15th century. However, furrowed, as in "a furrowed brow" means wrinkled. I think it is more graphic to use the word furrowed instead of wrinkled. I believe it evokes a stronger image.

Are you using old in the sense of not knowing the word could be used in a certain way. My head is full of words in more than just English. I love words, I enjoy discovering new ones that I had never come across before, but those dwindle in frequency of discovery. Not impossible, but it is exciting when I come across one I had never heard or read before (one whose meaning I have to look up for understanding).

I look forward to see what others may post here.
 
I still use a lot of dated idioms. It drives some people crazy. I definitely learned them from my mom though.
 
Not to mention the same word might mean something entirely different in the UK than here in the States, or vice versa. *stoner voice* It's LINGO, MAAAANN....
 
I grew up around way too many old books & used to talk like that because I didn't know better.

Now I "blend in" better but I am not really good at writing modern.
 
As you get older, the lingo and pop culture references you use become dated and might not be understood by younger generations. Conversely, you might not understand the lingo and pop culture references of young people.

"When you get home, give me a ring." The telephone used to be a place in the house and it would ring when a call went through.

Most young people do not purchase a television, they purchase a monitor.
 
I love culture slang. I love locality slang. I love social economic slang. Just slang me along, toss me some slaw, and put another one on the barbie, (barbeque grill).
 
Neonatal RRT said:
Most young people do not purchase a television, they purchase a monitor
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They do?:eek:

Anyway, I read a rediculous number of books so I often hear "I need a dictionary to talk to you". I am the annoying know it all who corrects others when they mispronounce words. Sorry about that!:p
 
Suzette said:
They do?:eek:

Anyway, I read a rediculous number of books so I often hear "I need a dictionary to talk to you". I am the annoying know it all who corrects others when they mispronounce words. Sorry about that!:p
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I correct people too, even though how I talk in real life is nowhere near as articulate as it is in writing lol. I think the thing that annoys people the most about it is that this tiny person with a squeaky-toy voice sometimes points out that they don’t know how to use a word properly :p
 
crewlucaa_ said:
I correct people too, even though how I talk in real life is nowhere near as articulate as it is in writing lol. I think the thing that annoys people the most about it is that this tiny person with a squeaky-toy voice sometimes points out that they don’t know how to use a word properly :p
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Dear mom, the word faux sounds the same as foe. It is not fox, like the animal. Gracias por tu comprehension.
 
Suzette said:
Anyway, I read a rediculous number of books so I often hear "I need a dictionary to talk to you". I am the annoying know it all who corrects others when they mispronounce words. Sorry about that!:p
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crewlucaa_ said:
I correct people too, even though how I talk in real life is nowhere near as articulate as it is in writing lol. I think the thing that annoys people the most about it is that this tiny person with a squeaky-toy voice sometimes points out that they don’t know how to use a word properly :p
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Suzette said:
Dear mom, the word faux sounds the same as foe. It is not fox, like the animal. Gracias por tu comprehension.
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Wow. Y'all too? I don't always get it straight from the horse's mouth in so many words, but I've at least occasionally gotten the impression that others were waiting for me to shut up if someone didn't feel the need to get rude about it. One of the few friends I've managed to keep over the years has told me he believes this is because most people (at least in this area) are more or less dyed-in-the-wool simple people who don't like anyone who knows something they don't.

God forbid they should, I don't know... LEARN something to help them be or at least seem more intelligent, right? Side note here (and this has nothing to do with being ASD or an Aspie), it seems like more and more people in this day and age actually go out of their way to show how ignorant they really are in their efforts to conceal it or even make themselves appear smarter than others.
 
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@Suzette :) are you sure she’s not teasing you? A friend (who had a masters in english) used to purposely annoy me by mis-pronouncing words. Like, “coincidence,” became
“koinkadink.”

Here are a few interesting tidbits on the history of words and language.

Episode
 
watersprite said:
@Suzette :) are you sure she’s not teasing you? A friend (who had a masters in english) used to purposely annoy me by mis-pronouncing words. Like, “coincidence,” became
“koinkadink.”

Here are a few interesting tidbits on the history of words and language.

Episode
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Alas, no. She simply refuses to believe me. :)
(See what I did there? Another "old fashioned" word.)
 
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