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world wide words (see Quinion's Other Sites of Interest
Luciferous Logolepsy
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authors who write without regard to the hardships they may engender amongst their readers, or as Harlan Ellison once wrote, "I will use big words from time to time, the meanings of which I may only vaguely perceive, in hopes such cupidity will send you scampering to your dictionary: I will call such behavior "public service."
John Banville
Alan Furst
William Gaddis
James Joyce (!)
John LeCarré
Thomas Pynchon
Wm. Shakespeare
Neal Stephenson
P.G. Wodehouse
Gene Wolfe
etc. etc.
Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Does such a book exist? peggysmith 04/06/13 08:49 AM Re: Does such a book exist? Buffalo Shrdlu 04/06/13 02:44 PM Re: Does such a book exist? LukeJavan8 04/06/13 03:36 PM Re: Does such a book exist? Faldage 04/06/13 05:26 PM Re: Does such a book exist? tsuwm 04/06/13 05:31 PM Re: Does such a book exist? Jackie 04/12/13 10:33 PM Re: Does such a book exist? jenny jenny 06/10/13 04:37 AM Re: Does such a book exist? tsuwm 06/10/13 06:39 PM Re: Does such a book exist? Minderbinder 07/02/13 12:34 AM Re: Does such a book exist? LukeJavan8 07/02/13 05:12 PM Re: Does such a book exist? Faldage 07/03/13 12:40 AM Re: Does such a book exist? wsieber 07/18/13 02:33 PM
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