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15 unusual words that make writers swoon. In a previous post, I wrote about the value of using simple words in place of complex words.

15 unusual words that make writers swoon

Readers are not impressed by the use of complex words; they're frustrated by them. Though I strive to use simple, clear terms in my own writing, there are some words that I am just dying to use. Archaic, unusual words that I have stumbled upon in fiction. - StumbleUpon. English Pronunciation. If you can pronounce correctly every word in this poem, you will be speaking English better than 90% of the native English speakers in the world.

English Pronunciation

After trying the verses, a Frenchman said he’d prefer six months of hard labour to reading six lines aloud. Dearest creature in creation, Study English pronunciation. I will teach you in my verse Sounds like corpse, corps, horse, and worse. I will keep you, Suzy, busy, Make your head with heat grow dizzy. Tear in eye, your dress will tear. Word Perhect. - StumbleUpon. Things we say thanks to Shakespeare:... & The New Adventures of Stephen Fry. Table of Contents.

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