Connotations - Tumblr Posts
A druid AU one shot I got inspired to write.
“never use this word because it’s common, instead use all of these things that i’ll call synonyms even though they carry different connotations and will change the meaning of your dialogue if you use them” — very bad and unfortunately very common writing advice
*describes connotation as the 'flavor' of the word*
the problem with reading and writing leading to a strong vocabulary is that you tend to know the vibe of words instead of their meanings.
if I used this word in a sentence, would it make sense? absolutely. if you asked me what it meant, could I tell you? absolutely not.
taking soil science and they're like "don't call it dirt we want to treat it seriously and respectfully in this class instead of brushing it off with the word 'dirt'" or whatever and like. valid. but I want to call it dirt class so bad