Tips for gettin your vocabulary up?
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When I was 20 I had an overnight job where all I had to do was check up on people every 15 minutes or so. Ironically there was a dictionary on the desk where I sat at. Nothing else. One day out of complete boredom I opened it up and started at aardvark. I was amazed at how entertaining it was to read a dictionary.
FF to today, almost 20 years later. When I give presentations in boardrooms for C-Level executives, my vocabulary has them like...
And it's all organic. Not just me trying to sound "smart" and use "big words"
FF to today, almost 20 years later. When I give presentations in boardrooms for C-Level executives, my vocabulary has them like...
And it's all organic. Not just me trying to sound "smart" and use "big words"
sayyestothis
Free the guys
Im tryna sound more articulate
I dont read at all so das def sumthin imma start doin, not even jus for vocab but personal knowledge as well
Yall kno any good tips or resources to help get ur vocab and jus general mastery of the English language up?
Im also interested in idioms and expressions n shytI suck at those
Thx in advance
Be around people that speak correctly. Only thing that helped me...
Dog Based Gremlin
Veteran
Be white
Drake's Tan
Superstar
Reed moar buux n less soshul medyuh
) What did you learn about "Canadian Bacon"?
...and is there something wrong with the rep I gave you?
Verbal Kint
Superstar
IF you grown and have the vocabulary of an 8th grader it may be too late for ya. Just try to not say stupid things. Other than that
ThatTruth777
Superstar
read books and/or dictionaries
OMG! bruh, I gather literally nothing from rap interviews. They are imbeciles. I was watching August Alsina's interview with the breakfast club. The interview was 40 minutes long and I got absolutely nothing. He spoke in such a round about, vague way. His vocabulary is severely limited and he doesnt know how to convey his thoughts properly. I read the coments and everybody else seemed to understand the interview. I felt dumb.Watchin rapper interviews is part of wut inspired me I be watchin these nikkas tryna express demselves and its like
look up shyt you dont know as you hear it or read it. best way
You can just read anything, it doesn't have to be a book. I focus on words that get the point across, not just synonyms to replace the simple ones. Just don't end up like those fools trying to use big words IRL to sound smart, that never comes off as genuine. However, on the internet you have time to look up words and use them in your posts to sound smarter. No one can prove you are a dumbass over the internet if you know how to use google. 
The only time I type on a college graduate level is when a paper requires it. I use the Flesch-Kincaid readability tests to determine the reading grade level of papers I'm working on. In the end, imo, simplicity isn't always equal to stupidity, just focus on conveying your ideas on a level that will be easily understood by most on a first read, you don't need big words to do that.
edit: Focus on punctuation, structure, and grammar too, those are very important aspects of writing that also transfer over to speaking.
Because it's not just about reading, people think you can just read and have larger vocab. You need to understand what you are reading first. IMO, people with English as their first language have the worst understanding of the language they speak, this also applies to any other first language. What is the first things you work on when learning a new language? You work on grammar, pronunciation, etc. You leave all that behind at gradeschool and unless you are attending a school with a good curriculum, your writing and English level either declines or becomes stagnant over time.
The only time I type on a college graduate level is when a paper requires it. I use the Flesch-Kincaid readability tests to determine the reading grade level of papers I'm working on. In the end, imo, simplicity isn't always equal to stupidity, just focus on conveying your ideas on a level that will be easily understood by most on a first read, you don't need big words to do that.edit: Focus on punctuation, structure, and grammar too, those are very important aspects of writing that also transfer over to speaking.
Because it's not just about reading, people think you can just read and have larger vocab. You need to understand what you are reading first. IMO, people with English as their first language have the worst understanding of the language they speak, this also applies to any other first language. What is the first things you work on when learning a new language? You work on grammar, pronunciation, etc. You leave all that behind at gradeschool and unless you are attending a school with a good curriculum, your writing and English level either declines or becomes stagnant over time.
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Its round
Yall don't call it that..you call it back bacon
and you eat normal people bacon in Canada as well.
And nope
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