We are accustomed to the common words we hear everyday. We rarely put much thought into those words, but if we take the time we can find that they are quite amusing. Words like heartbroken are interesting. The word heartbroken is often used after an immense disappointment- usually referred to in breakups. However, it is not possible for a person to break their heart. To wish luck upon a person we would say 'break a leg'. Who knows who came up with these words and phrases with interesting meanings, I like them though. I believe they make our conversations a bit more interesting, and in a way it's like we as Americans have insiders because many other English speaking countries don't exactly have the same 'insiders' that we do.
I agree with you Maritza we are not used to hearing big it strange words. Most words like that are very beautiful. You just have to search it and find the meaning and learn something new.
ReplyDeleteIt's true, as Americans we say a lot of words that if we actually really thought about everything that we say, we would find it strange. It's very odd that we use such strange words to express ourselves.
ReplyDeleteI enjoying speaking with this kind of words. I sometimes think they are funny and interesting to say them to other people. I sometimes may not understand some of this words, but I still manage to find the good side of them.
ReplyDeleteI agree "break a leg" sounds interesting. Most of them can be very weird.
ReplyDeleteI agree with you all these interesting words make life alittle more entertaining. For example all the insiders that are created with friends "code red".
ReplyDeleteMaritza, you have expressed a lot of interesting thoughts about our language; especially how the american culture uses it. I have similar thoughts and thought you would enjoy this quote from Mark Twain...I can resist everything but temptation.
ReplyDeleteThere's always words that I find interesting. I always try find new words I don't know.
ReplyDeletePeople rarely put much thought into what they are saying. It's nice to know that some of these words/phrases have more than one meaning. There are many words that sound alike in different languages or maybe even spelled the same way. Many people never really pay much attention to these things.
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