Persnickety

I don't really know what to blog about. I've thought about this a little, while browsing other people's blogs, spying on the lives of strangers, sometimes people I used to know, sometimes complete strangers. I like watching how different people use words, in speech, in writing. So, words are where I will begin.

I like words. A lot. I enjoy using words that you don't hear often. I actually had occasion to use the word persnickety at work last week. How often does that word come out of your mouth? Fun to say, true, but a word that belongs to another time, I think. Far more people would understand your meaning if you were to say that the anal-retentive woman in your office was rather meticulous than if you were to say she were persnickety. It's a shame, that. Persnickety has such a great sound.

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