I am often amazed at the changes over the years regarding common speech.
It bothers me that we have become so accustomed to slang and colloquialisms that there isn't any effort in choosing just the right word to express exactly how we are thinking... or feeling, seeing or dreaming...
When I see someone who I feel has an amazing face, and want to describe them, I want to use the word countenance. Who the F says countenance anymore?
I am also enamored of the words brilliant, carriage, decorum, spangled, lovely, heartfelt, bespoke, bosom, Shakespearean, toddling, demeanor, unctuous, anointed...
Are we so used to things being simply cool? Or maybe our best exclamation has been reduced to a guttural "whoa".
I'd like to see people return to a better usage of our language.
Maybe it's just me...
Whatever.
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