Unless you've been ignoring me, you know a few things. First, that I participate in Word Up, Yo! This is a weekly event where insert a predetermined word (predetermined by the nerd mafia, that is) into a blog post in an attempt to become a Soldier - or maybe even more. The second thing you know is that I busted my ass in law school for three years.
Put these two things together and what do you have? A nerd. A person who loves to read cases and was even made fun of by other lawyers for her nerdiness. A person who looks forward to participating in a word game every week. A person who finds the challenge in integrating a word into a well crafted post exciting. The person who has her 2nd grader make a posterboard for a class project that requires only a speech of a few sentences and gets giddy with how well it is done - wait, that is another story.
Anyway, I have a confession of sorts. I am not the huge nerd most believe me to be. It is not because I am super cool in other areas of my life (yeah right). It is because I have the worlds worst vocabulary.
While most law students have their Black's Law Dictionary handy for all those pesky legal (and usually latin) words that show up from time to time, I unfortunately needed to take it a step further. I was the girl in law school who OUT LOUD TO THE WHOLE CLASS pronounced words incorrectly because I didn't know them. I usually had to ask my friends what some words meant. I often would have to use the good old dictionary.com to figure out what the hell was going on. Just to clarify - I am not talking about legal words - I am talking about regular words that you think I would have picked up over the years.
What does this have to do with Word Up, Yo! and the WoW? Well, this week the word is effervescent. That's right. Effing effervescent. Sure, I have heard the word before, but honestly, even knowing the definition does not help me correctly use the word effervescent in a sentence. I mean, if effervescent means high-spirited, I would probably just say high-spirited because I suck that much.
You know, I should really blame something or someone for this issue. I think I will pass the buck to TV. TV must have caused me to learn only simple words. That is plausible. Right?
Damn effervescence. (I should note that I spelled that last word wrong - spell check had to help me out).
Friday, August 6, 2010
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Hey! I'm also an unemployed attorney who is hoping to be an employed attorney, too! It's like we're twins. Except I only have the one kid and my husband isn't a chiropractor. But I do have my BLD. Sitting on my shelf. Useless.
Thanks, law school.
Wow, I could feel your frustration flowing effervescently through that entire post! And truly, every time I hear the word I think "Alka Selter" and I will need some from all the stress of wanting to get "made"! lol
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Despite being a writer and nerd myself, I also had trouble with effervescent this week. It was a challenge.
We have more in common than I originally thought. I read and read and read and read some more. All the time. I LOVE reading and have since I was in grade school. LIke you, one would think that I would have an expansive vocabulary. But no. I suck in grammar and puncuation department. Only recently have I began to see it as a sweet little quirk of mine.
Yep, it was a hard one. And I love your post. I'm off to tweet about it!
"TV must have caused me to learn only simple words. That is plausible. Right?"
Actually, I learned the word FROM TV. I think effervescent was a brand of denture cleaner or something. Anyway, whenever I hear the word, I now think of old people.
Passing the buck is smart, yet not very legal-ish. :)
I thought it was something to do with toothpaste. :/
I am a new follower...I had to say.
I am too over educated and unemployed, this caught my eye.
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