Just some slapdash thoughts that have very little to do with anything and a lot to do with everything.
Tuesday, July 27, 2010
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VERISIMILITUDE
I've always liked this word but find little occasion to use it because I don't know how to put it in a sentence. Please, if you could do that for me, it would be great.
7 comments:
Katie
said...
We should discuss verisimilitude at our next book club mtg. Fun to see you blogging again!
Someone used it once in a way that really bugged me. We were talking about the old Disney film, Snow White and the 7 Dwarfs and this gal said, "It was really quite advanced in terms of animation. If you notice in the cottage, there is a remarkable verisimilitude of the wood grain in all the furniture."
Of course I can never stop thinking about this whenever I hear that word. She used ubiquitous a lot too. In reference to the tomatoes in her garden.
I don't think I've ever actually used this word. I suppose I hope that none of my committee members say, "Your dissertation lacked verisimilitude." But I don't know if that's used correctly, so then I probably won't hear that on defense day.
Katie! We SHOULD talk about it at our next book club, and it might even be relevant.
KC, it is hard. That's why I didn't even try. And LH demonstrates why it might be a word to just know and not use. The ubiquitous tomatoes make me laugh! I think I'll try to use that in reference to our garden do annoy Dave.
KK, just walk out of the room if your committee uses the word. It's unnecessary.
Cdoc, it means "having the appearance of truth." Good stab at it Bdoc. I appreciate the effort!
7 comments:
We should discuss verisimilitude at our next book club mtg. Fun to see you blogging again!
I tried, but it's too hard.
Someone used it once in a way that really bugged me. We were talking about the old Disney film, Snow White and the 7 Dwarfs and this gal said, "It was really quite advanced in terms of animation. If you notice in the cottage, there is a remarkable verisimilitude of the wood grain in all the furniture."
Of course I can never stop thinking about this whenever I hear that word. She used ubiquitous a lot too. In reference to the tomatoes in her garden.
ANNOYING!
I don't think I've ever actually used this word. I suppose I hope that none of my committee members say, "Your dissertation lacked verisimilitude." But I don't know if that's used correctly, so then I probably won't hear that on defense day.
What does it mean?
THere is little verisimilitude in the assertion that I knew EXACTLY what you were talking about in this post.
Katie! We SHOULD talk about it at our next book club, and it might even be relevant.
KC, it is hard. That's why I didn't even try. And LH demonstrates why it might be a word to just know and not use. The ubiquitous tomatoes make me laugh! I think I'll try to use that in reference to our garden do annoy Dave.
KK, just walk out of the room if your committee uses the word. It's unnecessary.
Cdoc, it means "having the appearance of truth." Good stab at it Bdoc. I appreciate the effort!
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