When I was young, my grandfather helped me to increase my vocabulary by getting me in the habit of learning a new word every day.I did it regularly until I hit high school when I had come to the mistaken conclusion that I knew it all.I also used to do cross word puzzles a lot. As I grew older I got out of the good habits and into some bad one's-enough said! I noticed a woman in the office the other day, doing a crossword while waiting for the doctor. I asked her how she was doing (she was doing it with a pen!). She was hard of hearing and thought I had asked her WHAT she was doing.
"Excersizing my mind" she said. She then told me that as she grew older she needed to excersize her mind to keep sharp, and she said it helped her not to forget things. I told her I no longer did crosswords because I couldn't remember the "catch" words anymore. She advised me to get back into it because "the worst thing that could happen" is that I would learn new words.
That exchange gave me the idea for this thread.I'm not sure how, or if it will develop, but here goes!
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