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Love the idea. But maybe he should expand his vocabulary a little bit beyond 1000 words. Saying "food holder" instead of "dish", obscures instead of clarifies,
by dean 11y ago
Love the idea. But maybe he should expand his vocabulary a little bit beyond 1000 words. Saying "food holder" instead of "dish", obscures instead of clarifies, which defeats the purpose. Same for "up goer" instead of "rocket". And "funny voice air" instead of "helium". I'm intrigued enough to pick up the book, but I know stuff like that will just be annoying.
- pavel_lishin 11y agoI don't think it's necessarily meant to clarify. I think it's an exercise in constrained writing.
- dean 11y agoMaybe you're right. But to me, the purpose of using plain words instead of technical jargon, is to clarify meaning. On the other hand, maybe he's just trying to be funny.
- dockd 11y agoWhen did "goer" become one of the 1000 most common words in English? Is this really within the self-defined limits?
- BHSPitMonkey 11y agoI think adding suffixes (-s/-es/-er/-ing) is permitted.
- andrewflnr 11y agoTo me the whole joke is just how much you can explain using such a ludicrously limited vocabulary. Clarity is a side effect.