Do you try to improve your vocabulary on purpose? For example, by having a dictionary ready, and putting new words into anki when reading a book.
>>25498349I love learning new words.
>>25498349Phrases matter more than words
I have a commonplace book and use subtitles to see every word spoken in film and tv. A plethora of new words I have discovered and appreciated using this method.
Wait, Ms is gender neutral? I thought it was to denote a marital status
>>25499621It's probably some tranny bullshit. I wouldn't use it.
>>25499621>genderlearn to readand yes, that statement is correctin ye olde Empire days, there was a distinct difference in the professional "Ms" vs the married "Mrs", the authoritative "Madam", and the barely-out-of-the-schoolroom-and-below "Miss"and you could pronounce it differently too
>>25498349>Do you try to improve your vocabulary on purpose?yes>For example, by having a dictionary readyyes>and putting new words into ankinoI write words down in my diary
>>25499648>I write words down in my diaryWhat else do you write in it?
>>25499621>/lit/>poor reading comprehension>on a document at English ESL B1 or early high school levelNo surprises
>>25499659grocery listswork things (just the personal stuff, I keep another professional log for coworkers' review)things to doplot bunniesrants
>>25499646>in ye olde Empire days, there was a distinct difference in the professional "Ms" vs the married "Mrs", the authoritative "Madam", and the barely-out-of-the-schoolroom-and-below "Miss" and you could pronounce it differently tooThis is made up bullshit. That's not how it works at all. There was no distinction between using Mrs for a married woman and Ms for a professional. Where exactly was this large cohort of professional women during this era? Madam is not a replacement or alternative - it functions the same as 'sir'. Miss just functions like Mademoiselle or Fräulein. There's no 'below' - a married, low social status woman was still called Miss. You mention schools, but fail to be aware that it's a tradition in British English to retain the title Miss as a form of address for female teachers, married or not. This tradition also exists in other fields - female surgeons will typically use Miss even if married (the grumpy feminists use Ms). Clearly a pajeet - fleeting acquaintance with English language and tradition without full comprehension.
>>25499686>There's no 'below' - a married, low social status woman was still called *Miss*That should read Mrs
>>25499686>Where exactly was this large cohort of professional womenright here, idiot>female teachers, married or not. This tradition also exists in other fields - female surgeonsoh, did you think the Ms used to refer to those professions was really Miss?loljeet yourself>>25499687alright, I'll be kind and chalk that up to Muphry's Law
>>25498349spokesman | spokesfireman, policeman | firey, cuntair hostess | skyfuckcleaning lady | slutforeman | cuntman-made | womb-spawnedmankind | mancruelto man (a machine) | to fuck (a machinegirl)
>>25498349I like dictionaries but not for expanding my vocabulary, I like to look up what the words actually mean so people can't cast word spells on me and I can counter their word spells with TRVKE spells, a dictionary is like a little defense shield against all forms of pervasive mind control sorcery.It's very important that old dictionaries be bought and preserved by private collectors and wizards.
>>25499689The female teaching were 'Miss'. Nobody was calling them MsFemale doctors and surgeons were absolute unicorns during the empire, and the numbers of women in medical training only started increases during the final phase of the empire when it was arguably over.Are those you're best examples, lol? >you could pronounce it differently tooYou remind me of the americans who watch things like peaky blinders, hear them say ma'am with an accent and ask why the character is calling another character mom>Muphry's Law A typo is not an example of Murphy's Law, you fucking dimwit. You clearly threw it in to larp as you think it sounds British, but it's actually an American term. It's clear you're a pajeet. You've been identified and marked, Rajesh.
>>25499700>A typo is not an example of Murphy's Law, you fucking dimwitOh, son.
>>25498349Learning vocabulary as an adult ESL is awful. Not just learning new words, but there seems to be an infinite amount of commonly-used collocation and phrasal verbs. How are you even expected to learn all that if you didn’t grow up in an anglo country?
