My Bad Vocabulary

I would say that my vocabulary is limited. I hated reading when I was younger. If I read anything that wasn't for a book report, it was usually a Choose Your Own Adventure book. I didn't get into the "high" English class in 8th grade because of (they say) vocabulary tests.

Although I've improved it over the years, it seems like I still have trouble accessing it sometimes. Thankfully, in recent months, it's been a bit easier. I think part of my brain had to be turned off when I was working retail. There was a limited selection of sentences I would need to say every day, simply because I was doing the exact same thing every day and also saying a limited number of variations of the same sales pitch. Yes, I tried to make it interesting, and I did enjoy non-fine-watch conversation with customers... and actually, one customer thanked me for teaching him the word "minimalist" when talking about Rado watches... but still, after the brief excitement of learning the language of retail, fine watches and jewelry, and also the office workplace, it was pretty linguistically boring.

Now that I've been out of that atmosphere for awhile, words are trickling in a bit more easily. Curiously enough, I've also learned a lot of words, or have been able to access some words more consistently, by playing Text Twist on my Palm. Bryan's vocabulary is much more well-rounded than mine, so I've also learned lots of words from him, as well as Southern or East Coast or places-where-it-is-cold-and-it-snows coloquial terms.