evocative words
Dec. 21st, 2020 10:51 amAs a temporary antidote for a) standard 2020 blues and b) when yuletide, tell me about words that always recall a particular scene/image/context for you.
I will never encounter the word "altruism" without thinking of the Weyrleaders' duel in Dragonquest, where I first ran across it (I used to reread that scene kind of a lot, a good way to learn new words among other things). In Japanese, 選り取り見取り (a plethora to choose from) always brings to mind sweet shy freckled Morita-san the defense officer, enthusing over the spread of Japanese snacks people had brought back from business trips, way back when I was working for Japanese diplomats overseas. In Chinese, Duolingo was just having me review 丢 (to lose/misplace something), which makes me think of Shen Wei yelling at the Regent over the Dixing Register.
And so on and so forth. Give me some of yours.
I will never encounter the word "altruism" without thinking of the Weyrleaders' duel in Dragonquest, where I first ran across it (I used to reread that scene kind of a lot, a good way to learn new words among other things). In Japanese, 選り取り見取り (a plethora to choose from) always brings to mind sweet shy freckled Morita-san the defense officer, enthusing over the spread of Japanese snacks people had brought back from business trips, way back when I was working for Japanese diplomats overseas. In Chinese, Duolingo was just having me review 丢 (to lose/misplace something), which makes me think of Shen Wei yelling at the Regent over the Dixing Register.
And so on and so forth. Give me some of yours.
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