Subj : Crazy English
To   : Gleb Hlebov
From : Anton Shepelev
Date : Sat Dec 02 2023 14:12:42

Gleb Hlebov to Anton Shepelev:

GH>>> Here's a pop quiz for all writers (courtesy, "Crazy
GH>>> English" by, Richard Lederer, Pocket Books, 1989):
GH>>> [...]
AS>>
AS>> Those are easy for anyone acquainted with the standard
AS>> Latin prefixes, suffixes, and /some/ roots widely used
AS>> in English.
AS>>
GH>
GH> You're not a university professor, are you?

Not at all.  There are not many Latin roots in wide use, and
one will easily remember them if one will only read rich
English and, while consulting a dictionalry, pay head not
only to the meaning, but also to the etymology and
morphology.  The only way to miss those words is be ignoring
all the most recent English prose.  Try some Lovecraft,
Ashton Smith, Machen, Poe, Gregory Lewis, Melville, (Ann)
Radcliffe, (Emily) Bronte, or any other good writer, but
make sure to avoid anything after 1940, or skip the 20th
sentury altogether to be safe.

GH> There's a good half of them that got me confused. :-)
GH> Well, that "female forester" one definitely did.  If
GH> there would be ACTUAL female foresters, how were they
GH> called, then?

Simply `forester', accoridng to the old law that the
masculine principle embraces the feminine.

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