There are thousands of words you know but you can't recall. Nobody in English says "ponder" or "mull over", you only see these words in novels. The same goes for any other language, this is why learning Japanese gets easier if you already have a strong vocabulary basis. You only need to use like 1/4 of your overall vocabulary to communicate.
yeah?
>>221837228>Nobody in English says "ponder" or "mull over"thank you for deciding what people say from your base in italy, captain english.
>>221837228Let me pontificate on this conundrum.
>>221837335I started learning English seriously when I was 11 and now I'm 27 and I work as an English tutor. I can tell which words are high-frequency.
>>221837401You're ESL teaching ESLs talk to other ESLs using 25 cent words the bar isn't very high
>>221837484I mogged native speakers during my CELTA course while watching them struggle with grammar and phonetics. EFL privilege is a castle built on lies.
>>221837228Ponder deez nutz, faggot
>>221837401I'm an English tutor and I can say with certainty that, yes, people do say those "rare words" you believe are only said in novels. Sometimes with a bit of a humorous emphasis, acknowledging that they're kind of funny to say.
>>221837669>yes, people do say those "rare words" you believe are only said in novels.I never heard someone saying mull over in movies, tv series, real life or voice chat.>acknowledging that they're kind of funny to say.that's precisely why they use them, they sound awkward in real life where the vast majority of people just use "think"
>>221837228>Nobody in English says "ponder"I do>or "mull over"I dosorry esl
Did a corpus search and you're insanely wrong. Fag
>>221838700>Did a corpus searchthat's not real life
>>221838860Your limited observations are not conducive to any valuable claim. Fag.
>>221839227my limited observations tell me your mom is getting spitroasted by muslims
>>221837228>Nobody in English says "ponder" or "mull over"I say those
>>221837228Philosophic terms are more likely to fit your description of words people vaguely know, but never use. Ersatz, ablution, eudaimonia, gestalt, jouissance, dissimulation, tautology, and fugue to name a few. All of these convey a specific meaning. If you're talking about more obscure synonyms for common meaning people will understand words like miser, but it's not communicating anything novel than if you had chose to use a word like thrifty or cheapskate.
>>221837228>ponderQuarter pounder
>>221837484ESL is the future of English though, Saaaaaaar
>>221837749>I never heard someone saying mull over in movies, tv series, real life or voice chat.I have, more than once
>>221837228>ponderThat's not a real word according to Grok.
>>221837228I say mull over irl though.
>>221837228pon de rings are so yummy you know! :3
>>221837228SOME MIGHT SAYTHAT WE SHOULD NEVER PONDER
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>>221837540>ESLs told me I mogged other ESLs on the ESL testok buddy lmao
