Jul-14-2010, 04:03 PM (UTC)
Hmmm I agree in general with his reasoning, but why were those words previously understandable and now they aren't?
Ok some I can understand - who the heck uses the word 'alack' in the past 200 years??
I must admit there were a couple of words there I didn't precisely know the meaning of, but on the whole I don't think they'd have most native English speakers reaching for a dictionary.
If he has another word that can exactly convey the meaning I think he should feel free to use it. However, I'd love to see what words he used instead of the ones he removed. I think I'd have a hard time coming up with substitutes that could adequately stand in for a lot of them.
Ok some I can understand - who the heck uses the word 'alack' in the past 200 years??
I must admit there were a couple of words there I didn't precisely know the meaning of, but on the whole I don't think they'd have most native English speakers reaching for a dictionary.
If he has another word that can exactly convey the meaning I think he should feel free to use it. However, I'd love to see what words he used instead of the ones he removed. I think I'd have a hard time coming up with substitutes that could adequately stand in for a lot of them.
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