{"id":25,"date":"2014-03-24T12:15:19","date_gmt":"2014-03-24T16:15:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beydeckard.com\/blog\/?p=25"},"modified":"2014-03-24T12:15:19","modified_gmt":"2014-03-24T16:15:19","slug":"words-words-words","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/beydeckard.com\/blog\/words-words-words\/","title":{"rendered":"Words… words… words?"},"content":{"rendered":"

You'll often find me with my eyes closed, head tilted up as if listening to the heavens, just waiting for the right word to drop out of the air so that I can push it into the right spot in the sentence I'm writing.<\/p>\n

Embarrassed, abashed, flustered, ashamed, disconcerted - they all mean approximately the same thing, but look at these sentences:<\/p>\n

Jon was embarrassed<\/em> about his feelings for Tom - this brings to mind a bit of toe shuffling, pink-cheeked kind of behaviour from Jon. Approximately the same with flustered<\/em>, or abashed<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Jon was ashamed<\/em> of his feelings for Tom - now we have a bit of inner conflict and, unlike embarrassed<\/em>, the word really makes it seem like a negative thing, no?<\/p>\n

Jon was disconcerted<\/em> by his feelings for Tom - this one has Jon running through a checklist of probably causes in his head and coming up empty. \u00a0Or doing a slow mental double-take.<\/p>\n

Words. I love words.<\/p>\n

This post brought to you by \u00a0\"I can't find the right end to this sentence so I'm taking a break.\"<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

You’ll often find me with my eyes closed, head tilted up as if listening to the heavens, just waiting for the right word to drop out of the air so that I can push it into the right spot in the sentence I’m writing. Embarrassed, abashed, flustered, ashamed, disconcerted – they all mean approximately the same thing, but look at these sentences: Jon was embarrassed about his feelings for Tom – this brings to mind a bit of toe shuffling, pink-cheeked kind of behaviour from Jon. Approximately the same with flustered, or abashed. Jon was ashamed of his feelings for … <\/p>\n

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