I like words. I like how they sound, what they do, the way one word can mean so many different things, there are so many variables.
some people like long words, think that knowing long words makes them sound more clever, more worldy, more upperclass, more muchier. like the more long streams of letters inside, the more presence you have.
but I disagree. I like short words, like "yes", "and" & "all". You can fit hundereds of "yes' " inside your lungs, a thousand "and's" inside your ribcage, millions of "all's" in your skin.
some of the best people I know, cannot spell. they would use a dictionary as a coffee table, thesauruses for cushions. if they were ever home to use them, that is. For the people who don't know words more than 4 syllables long are usually too busy living life to roll "anagrammatisation" off their tongue, too caught up in following dreams to wonder if they are "contrasuggestible", to active and unstoppable and amazing to even mutter about "antidisestablishmentarianism". they say yes to things more than they "disincline", they say "and" more than "alternatively", they say "all" rather than "singularly", almost always.
And I think they are brilliant for it. they are not chained with long words, set free by abbreviations. they are no less muchier than anyone else. in fact, they are much more muchier, for they have less letters, more room for adventures.
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I write bits of all-sorts about everything and nothing at the same time.
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