A couple of years ago my mom made a bet with me and Doyle that if we found a word in the book that we are reading that she didn't know and we looked it up she would pay us a dollar (unless she looks it up first).
I am reading Pride and Prejudice and have found a bunch of words that I don't know such as lieu, tumult and scrutiny, but unfortunately mom knew all of those words. The one word she didn't know was caprice. I asked her what it was and she said she wasn't sure so we raced to the computer we both tried to type it in at the same time. When we finally got to the Merriam Webster Dictionary we were both trying to cover each others eyes while we read it out loud. Mom got it first.
Ever since then I've been at the computer looking up any word that I don't know then asking mom if she knows it. No luck yet but my vocabulary is growing.
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Well, let me get some cash ready just in case...
She did not know caprice?? Well actually come to think of it that word is not in my vocabulary either.
Is your mom a sesquipedalian? Go ahead I dare you to look that one up!!
You should have seen them try to rush to the computer it was so funny. There was clawing and scraping and gouging of eyes and stuff like that.
I wasn't sure about caprice. I told her it probably had something to do with capricious, which of course I was right.
She thinks she should get a dollar for your word -- no I'm not by the way.
Probably a good idea not to give in to words written on the internet and I would exclude the dictionary also or she may get rich off you.
sesquipedalian would also be the biggest vocabulary word I can remember from school vocabulary and one I have never really had a use for. Such a shame to as I could use that brain space for something more important like gaming!
Keep looking for those words kids, take luck!
If you have luck take it care for.
Uncle Mike you should start a blog that tells about you being a homeschool dad.
ya uncle mike she already said I can't look for words in the dictionary. And I agree with Doyle, you should start your own blog
I don't know how much of a blogger I am. I read several blogs but not sure about writing one.
Well at this point I don't know that there would be to much to write about. Ya never know, maybe I should just do a general blog on life that only family members have access to talk about all the things happening including schooling the kids.
that would be cool
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