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Words that you never want to see again

#21 Jade-Green Pig-Hog Swine-Beast

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Posted 26 February 2011 - 10:18 PM

Grace, on 26 February 2011 - 09:59 PM, said:

As I reread Dust of Dreams I've noticed that skirling is used somewhat often. Not nearly so much as to be annoying, but I do find it interesting that it appears so often in this book when I've never seen (or at least noticed) it elsewhere, Malazan or not.

I think the fixation with 'skirling' started in TTH. I remember thinking what is with this new word that you WON'T STOP USING?!

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Posted 26 February 2011 - 10:57 PM

gaol..... hello?!?, it's spelled "jail"

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Posted 27 February 2011 - 02:44 AM

I'd say that skirling appears a lot because of the dust theme of the book. I like it though, rolls off the tongue nicely.

Also,re gaol\jail, what difference does it make? They're synonyms

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Posted 28 February 2011 - 07:35 PM

Dessicated is pretty much the word I am the most tired of in this series. With a word count of 3 million I really can't blame Erikson for repeating certain words, but some stand out more than others, like the aforementioned word. Other words that, at least to my mind, appear very often include vast, empty, shadow, light, darkness, bones, crack, shrugged, and perhaps especially the.

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Posted 03 May 2011 - 10:48 PM

We must needs come up with for a different term for must needs.
and not needs must.

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Posted 09 May 2011 - 03:35 PM

Tripps, on 03 May 2011 - 10:48 PM, said:

We must needs come up with for a different term for must needs.
and not needs must.

'ought'

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Posted 11 May 2011 - 05:47 PM

There must be something wrong with my reading, because "must needs" never stood out to me. I'll have to look out for it from now on...

Also never got annoyed with any words, quite the contrary, I've been delighted to notice that many new words have made their way into my own writing vocabulary since I started reading MBotF.

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Posted 09 June 2011 - 06:55 AM

Crow Clan Baby, on 23 December 2010 - 09:31 PM, said:

Steve is an archaeologist; how is he not going to mention potsherds? It's like Robert Jordan not mentioning dresses. Or tea.

I laughed so hard haha. Yes different book, but it's ridiculous how much time robert jordan spent describing his aes sedai crap.

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Posted 09 June 2011 - 05:10 PM

"wont" dont think its used properly in the books or it just doesnt ever make sence noticed it alot in ICE RTCG makes me ask is there any other meanings to the word or is it just the writer not using it properly?

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#30 Jade-Green Pig-Hog Swine-Beast

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Posted 09 June 2011 - 05:24 PM

Do you actually mean 'wont', as in the following definition?

–adjective
1. accustomed; used (usually followed by an infinitive): He was wont to rise at dawn.

noun
2. custom; habit; practice: It was her wont to walk three miles before breakfast.

It's just that your keyboard seems to be missing the apostrophe key and I was just wondering whether you meant 'won't' instead. Although I think it's quite hard to use 'won't' in a sentence incorrectly.

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Posted 09 June 2011 - 05:56 PM

Maybe its cause im canadian ive never really heard the definition of wont like you just posted it actually makes a little more sence now. (didnt know there was a wont and a won't) its not missing lol.

still would rather see some other word used instead of "wont"

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Posted 14 June 2011 - 01:54 AM

"must needs" drives me batshit. must a UK thing.

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Posted 29 June 2011 - 10:06 AM

"Demesnes". It just looks wrong.

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Posted 02 September 2011 - 05:05 AM

crepuscular

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Posted 02 September 2011 - 10:39 AM

CreepstadMurderhammer, on 02 September 2011 - 05:05 AM, said:

crepuscular

But it's so awesome!

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Posted 13 October 2011 - 03:22 AM

letheriisteele, on 31 August 2010 - 07:31 PM, said:

ochre-everything in the malaz world is ochre

I was just about to post this, ochre everything.

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Posted 20 October 2011 - 12:58 AM

Definitely Potsherds.
But how else are you going to tell us about all of the Shards of Pot in Wu?

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Posted 23 October 2011 - 11:55 PM

To all the "banal" haters -- I think that word is great!

A few words annoyed my because of repetitive use while reading through the books, but I found it more amusing than anything else to see how Erikson's taste for words changed from year to year.

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Posted 23 October 2011 - 11:58 PM

Shadow of Shadowthrone, on 28 February 2011 - 07:35 PM, said:

Okay, I'll admit this:

They do do an absolute SHITLOAD of shrugging. And yeah, T'lan Imass, they're dessicated, guys; just in case you didn't get it from the first twenty mentions in the same book. I actually like Esslemont's milder word choice of "preserved."