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Word-smithing: Getting right word with exactly right nuance Sharon Whitehurst Comments re article 43582 Great Wooded South Lexicon A modest proposal from Jim By Sharon Whitehurst I have long enjoyed word-smithing - the act of sifting through a personal lexicon to find exactly the right word or phrase to convey a nuance of meaning. While I'm adding Adair-ese to my mental file, I'm not sure how soon I'll dare to risk the use of a new word in public. I get the gist, but not necessarily the finer points. My Grampa Mac grew up in the hamlet of Graphite, NY in the Adirondacks. The ethnic influence there was strongly Scots/English with a bit of Irish. Where a southerner might say, "I'm fixing to do that," Grampa Mac would have said, "I'm getting ready to commence." Implicit in this phrase is the sense that preparation is taking too long and one needs to get on with the task. Two of my favorite idioms from our recent dozen years in Wyoming:
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