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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Page 1 of 2 1 2 Words Read But Not Heard #119104 01/07/04 11:19 PM Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 2 Gatsby's place, old chum! I innereye3003 OP stranger OP innereye3003 stranger I Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 2 Gatsby's place, old chum! A definition sorely in need of a word to match it: "A word or phrase that one has encountered through reading but neither heard nor pronounced aloud." Any ideas? Thanks in advance! -Carter Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Words Read But Not Heard #119105 01/07/04 11:30 PM Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 4,757 M maverick Carpal Tunnel maverick Carpal Tunnel M Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 4,757 How about read letter daze? ;) Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Words Read But Not Heard #119106 01/07/04 11:55 PM Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 2 Gatsby's place, old chum! I innereye3003 OP stranger OP innereye3003 stranger I Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 2 Gatsby's place, old chum! Hehe- a worthy pun, but not quite what I was looking for. Now, we've all experienced this phenomenon (particularly with idiomatic or non-native terms), but I've never heard anyone name it. Don't tell me I've stumped the philologi... Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Words Read But Not Heard #119107 01/08/04 12:03 AM Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 4,757 M maverick Carpal Tunnel maverick Carpal Tunnel M Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 4,757 indeed, we have all done this. :) how about mutterence? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Words Read But Not Heard #119108 01/08/04 12:33 AM Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont maybe "sayhow" formerly known as etaoin... Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Words Read But Not Heard #119109 01/08/04 12:42 AM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 W wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 Autodidactogram Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Dilettante? #119110 01/08/04 01:00 AM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 lower upstate New York AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 lower upstate New York Welcome, 3003. How about "part of my passive vocabulary"? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Dilettante? #119111 01/08/04 04:45 AM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 3,065 Jakarta B Bingley Carpal Tunnel Bingley Carpal Tunnel B Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 3,065 Jakarta But wouldn't a word you know the meaning of when you hear it but don't use yourself be part of your passive vocabulary? TV news stories or documentaries, for example, often have words I might recognise in context but never use myself. Since I never use them, I can't give any definite examples. Bingley Bingley Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Words Read But Not Heard #119112 01/08/04 09:04 AM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 1,027 Switzerland wsieber old hand wsieber old hand Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 1,027 Switzerland I suggest eruditism or literatism Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Words Read But Not Heard #119113 01/08/04 10:34 PM Joined: Apr 2002 Posts: 475 manchester uk D dodyskin addict dodyskin addict D Joined: Apr 2002 Posts: 475 manchester uk ignaural? innocclear? 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