The Origin Of Your Vocabulary

[OneLastCaress]

I've been thinking recently, and I discovered that most of my vocabulary comes from bizarre situations.
I learned the word 'Fad' from an episode of Ed, Edd and Eddy.
I learned most of my vocabulary, including the way to say phone numbers, from the books "Junie B. Jones"

Where did you get your vocabulary?

[SouthAsian]

From school and general knowledge gained from retainment of everyday experiences.

[OneLastCaress]

At 2/9/09 06:49 PM, Piss wrote: Everything I say is a lie or a quote.

I quote songs alot.

[lawlmaster]

Newgrounds' beloved Grammar Nazis have taught me that good grammar and punctuation go a long way. It also makes me look less like a noob.

[Arctic-Zone]

I was just good with reading and pronunciation and all things about words since junior kindergarten. Of course, I paid attention instead of running around and picking my nose.

[TheRipper00]

My Drug Fueled parents, Common Knowlage, Internet Lingo, any Tarintino moive. The Dictonary

[AnasaziTribal]

At 2/9/09 06:49 PM, Piss wrote: Everything I say is a lie or a quote.

Is that a lie or a quote?

[OneLastCaress]

At 2/9/09 06:53 PM, arctic-zone wrote: I was just good with reading and pronunciation and all things about words since junior kindergarten. Of course, I paid attention instead of running around and picking my nose.

The first book I ever read was a book about tying your shoes.
I became an amazing reader.
I didn't learn to tie my shoes until maybe, 6 years later.

[speakerlight]

my vocabulary started in school.then i got some mo' vocabulary from da' hood,ya kno' mean.7|-|3|\| 1 907 50//\//\3 1337 \/0(4|3(_)|_4|2Y |=|20//\//\ |\|3\\/\\/9|20(_)|\||)5.then some of my more sophisticated vocabulary came from a more extensive learning program in my educational facility.

[Inquizitor]

A lot of my vocabulary came from reading, especially when I was younger.

[TAUfanatic]

my dad,my dad and his friends,or my friends

from my dad I got general vocanulary....
from my dad and his friends I got a combination of skater and rocker lingo
from my friends I got sex-related stuff.....and to this day I still do

[Anozke]

Almost all of my vocabulary comes from books. I try to stop the assimilation of vocabulary from people around the school and the internet, it's just too degrading for me to bear.

Really and truly, I rummage through thesauruses just to find better words then the ones I know.

[shadowslayer1313]

Haha, strangely, I got alot of vocabulary from Newgrounds. Well, from the more intellectual members anyway. But as a child, I recieved most of my vocabulary from friends and the adults I was often around.

[Sensationalism]

Movies!

The narration crackles and pops with incendiary wit.

[hongkongexpress]

I've learned how to swear like a sailor from older industrial workers. They say, always respect your elders!

[Zombified]

I guess I just picked mine up while growing up. Probably from shows, and different friends I've had over the years.

[Sensationalism]

Also books.

Salutations!

[HungarianSupermarket]

I learnt my vocabulary from 1970's pornos.

[Proottalfain]

In French: Parents, school, movies
In English: School (basic conversation stuff), Newgrounds (advanced conversation + slang), movies, books

[Soldierofhentai21]

My grammar/vocabulary came from.......READING A GODDAMN BOOK EVERY DAY!!(gasp!)

[Alastor]

I read a lot so naturally, I have a pretty eloquent vocabulary. At the same time though, I also have kind of a stupid, self-amusing personality so often from my mouth, it'll be eloquent flowing speech juxtaposed with vulgarity.

[MultiCanimefan]

At 2/9/09 06:55 PM, speakerlight wrote: 7|-|3|\| 1 907 50//\//\3 1337 \/0(4|3(_)|_4|2Y |=|20//\//\ |\|3\\/\\/9|20(_)|\||)5.

All I understood was "Then I got some leet vocabulary from..." What does the rest say?

[Proottalfain]

At 2/9/09 10:54 PM, MultiCanimefan wrote:

At 2/9/09 06:55 PM, speakerlight wrote: 7|-|3|\| 1 907 50//\//\3 1337 \/0(4|3(_)|_4|2Y |=|20//\//\ |\|3\\/\\/9|20(_)|\||)5.

All I understood was "Then I got some leet vocabulary from..." What does the rest say?

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Newgrounds.

[MultiCanimefan]

At 2/9/09 10:56 PM, Proottalfain wrote:

At 2/9/09 10:54 PM, MultiCanimefan wrote:

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Newgrounds.

When it's spaced out it all makes sense. Thanks.

[thekingofmadness]

I learned vocabulary from school.

[Tancrisism]

I used to love Calvin and Hobbes as a kid.

A comic named after two philosophers that uses vocab like "existentialism" = a great comic.

[Alpharius120]

Sadly enough I learned alot of my vocabulary from Kevin Smith movies, at least the hilarious ones.

I fucking love snoogems! (sp?)

[igott]

Internet.

[BetaOrionis]

I picked up a lot from the politics forum, Encyclopedia Dramatica, FFXII, and spending too much time on Dictionary.reference.com.

The mix has caused some very unusual speech patterns, but I tend to use only my most scholarly language here, on NewGrounds. IRL, it's a much more unorthodox mix of either spelled-out or phoneticized leet, archaic terms and grammar, and mild sesquipedalianism.

[Soldierofhentai21]

At 2/9/09 11:20 PM, BetaOrionis wrote: I picked up a lot from the politics forum, Encyclopedia Dramatica, FFXII, and spending too much time on Dictionary.references

Basch rules. Just saying