i know this is random! but i really want to know what it means to talk like your from a different time please help and if you know give me some examples and how to' s please!!!!!
thank you =]
uberlou answered Monday April 13 2009, 4:14 am: Like my girlfriend below said it basically is when you confuse the heck out of people when using a term that seems almost non-existent in the language today. It can be proper words or out of date slang.
I can't help if I have an extensive vocabulary and use the strangers words or terms sometimes. Yes, I used the word "bemused" earlier with my girlfriend or sometimes will say "shall we be going to so and so? we shan't? All right then." Of course i'm not being completely serious using those words. It's just kinda funny and out of left field. That's the type of person I am.
I shall keep using my "funny" words, calling people "cool cats", and calling some things I find cool the "bee's knees" or the "cat's pajamas".
Using slang might just make you look like a dork. If you seriously just want to boost your vocab with some fancily sounding words, try a word-a-day site like this: [Link](Mouse over link to see full location)
That'll teach you a fancy word every day. Or, just watch Pride & Prejudice or some old BBC mini-series' or something.
christina answered Monday April 13 2009, 4:03 am: It basically means you just use words that are from another decade or another century. I can't give many examples but my boyfriend said "Bemused" earlier and I thought that was weird.
sweeethoney answered Sunday April 12 2009, 9:45 pm: using a wide vocabulary is a good thing to work on. get a thesaurus and look up synonyms for words that you normally say and just use words you dont normally.
also, you can talk very properly. that means not havin an accent to your speech. you know how translators that have that as there only job speak very announciated.
if you wanna go way back, you can use -eth on the end of words, if you know what i mean, like old english.
if you look it up or ask an english teacher they could help you a lot more than i can.
but i hope i helped :)
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