I did read a lot, but it wasn’t to improve my vocabulary: I loved stories, and still do. Yet, it is also true that as a result, my vocabulary grew and is now quite large. The problem, I have found, is that though I may know what a whole lot of words mean, and even use those words appropriately in sentences, I have no idea how they are pronounced.
So, when beloved said something particularly clever I told her, “That’s so pers... perspee... perspick... perspuh...”
Fortunately, she had read the book, too. “Thanks,” she said.
Flustered, I asked, “How do you pronounce the word?”
“Hm. Pares... purse... ”
Long pause.
“Insightful.”
That, too.
