Oh Language- 29
Our effort to understand words for their relevance /use is a delightful
experience, as we get to have an occasion to patiently study their application
in contexts.
Verbal
The term refers to ‘words’ and their use. It suggests the use of words.
It can also refer to ‘spoken’ form and not the written form as in ‘There was a
verbal argument [spoken argument].
Vituperation
The term refers to aggressive, abuse employing harsh terms . Such
utterances are ‘Vituperative’.
Vocal
The term refers to the act of using voice as in “There is a vocal concert
on Sunday next’ Why do you shout at the top of your voice ? aoid this, lest it
should damage your vocal chords.
Voice
The term [noun] refers to the sound that emerges during speech.
Voice [verb] can imply the act of expressing as in ‘You voice your
opinion in the next meeting of the council.
‘Voice’ can imply the effect as in ‘He has no voice in his office’; it
means the person does not or cannot
influence the authority or persons who matter in an issue.
Whisper
The term can be used as ‘noun’ /’verb’
.In the noun form ‘whisper’ means very low volume of noise.
As a verb, ‘whisper’ refers to the act of speaking in a very low tone and
close to the person’s ear. ‘He whispered of a plan to spend summer holidays’. ‘Whisper’
can imply rumour as in ‘There is a whisper’ that the top management is in for a
shuffle’.
Whisker
The term is the name for long hair around the mouth, common in Cats. The
term is used in plural as ‘whiskers’.
To Continue….
Mr. Ashok had expressed his
appreciation of items discussed in the previous episode Oh Language-28
In response to the items under Oh Language -28 Dr. Kannan Former Head,
Dept. of Sociology, Madurai Kamaraj University has responded thus –a short
while ago. It states [besides a formal appreciation] ----
Here are a few examples
Covering a theme /theory /subject, 2 Biological drive/s 3 Pick up and
drop [perhaps a local expression]
Some words have more meanings
The term ‘Service’, also refers to Religious and Spiritual contexts
Another term is ‘Service road. Some words are twisted out of context; we are
not inclined to inspect them just to sustain decorum of the platform. Prof. R K
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