| Topic: | Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:An ageing student writes | |
| Posted by: | Gerry Boyce | |
| Date/Time: | 12/09/25 14:45:00 |
| 'rabidly antipathetical and hostile ....' Jaysus wept! Talk about tautology. John, have you never read Hamlet? I imagined that a casual racist and flag-shagger like yourself, eager to protect the purity of England, might have read a bit of The Bard, in particular, his sage advice that 'brevity is the soul of wit'. Anyway, Roger's Thesaurus by Brian Bilston came to mind; In order to grow, expand, widen his lexicological corpus, Roger bought, acquired, purchased a synonymopedia, a thesaurus. Soon, presently, without delay, he no longer ran out of things to say, speak, utter, express, articulate, give voice to, pronounce, communicate. This was all very well, fine, great, wonderful, super, terrific but his friends, mates, pals found him boring, tedious, dull, soporific. So let this be a warning, an omen, a sign, a premonition, it’s all very well to show learning, education, knowledge, erudition, but here’s a top tip, a hint, a suggestion, some advice, don’t ever let it stop you from being concise, brief, short, clear, pithy, succinct, compendious, to the point, compact, snappy, laconic. Breviloquent. |