The latest quirk on my computer is that on the LJ pages, the first inch of text on a page is covered by the LJ header. Makes it difficult for someone like me who's new to it and can't read the instructions
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Vocabulary buildingswinehundFebruary 18 2004, 07:39:23 UTC
I don't think I do anything special. I just talk about fruity stuff a lot.
I know how you feel about the jargon pushing out the english, though. There have been times where I'm trying really hard to remember a word that I know is exactly what I mean, and it takes half a minute, but 'phenotypic plasticity' is on the tip of my tounge.
I think I remember Salman Rushdie being pretty dense stuff, though, and interesting too. Grimus (his first publication) is almost like sci-fi too.
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I know how you feel about the jargon pushing out the english, though. There have been times where I'm trying really hard to remember a word that I know is exactly what I mean, and it takes half a minute, but 'phenotypic plasticity' is on the tip of my tounge.
I think I remember Salman Rushdie being pretty dense stuff, though, and interesting too. Grimus (his first publication) is almost like sci-fi too.
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