Soup

[robinturner]

A tiring weekend. Nalan is ill with a monster cold that makes the word "cold" a euphemism. I've corrected a load of student essay drafts, some of which are almost as bad as the originals I rejected for intolerably sloppy writing (Anna will understand this having done proof-reading - imagine doing this for someone who isn't a native speaker and dashed off their draft quickly because they had an economics mid-term the next day). Oh well, at least I've learnt how to make two Turkish soups - they were so easy, I was flabbergasted.

Comments

[ex-fauxpas266.livejournal.com]

Flabbergasted is one of my most-favorite words EVER. Right up there with rubric, erstwhile, and other favorites. Mmm.

When I was working with that Czech guy for my phonology class, I proof-read some of his philosophy essays. The first ones were nightmarish! (But then he improved exponentially.) So I can begin to feel your pain. Augh!

Words I love

[solri.livejournal.com]

I guessed right - I put in "flabbergasted" especially for you!

I am also fond of the following:

juxtaposition
chrestomathy (which someone else has just commented on)
yardarm
polytetrafluorethylene
quark
pulsar
gadzooks
glave
crepuscular
chronosynclastic infundibulum
anaphora
allophone
codpiece
prurient
entelechy