The diminishment of words over time....

Normal (today) people: I met a guy he was ordinary.

Victorian writers: He was, in the way of men, possessed of a rudimentary intelligence. His countenance ordinary, bearing mild, with some weakness about the shoulders, his hair the color of ash; he spoke of the weather.

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Majorlatency · M

Words used to paint a picture and convey emotion and context..

Now they're more like scribble..

Lilymoon · F

@Majorlatency Yup as well as the art of conversation

Majorlatency · M

@Lilymoon Exactly.. I love conversation with the right person..

Ozymandiaz

Showing v telling in a nutshell

sciguy18 · M

People were way too verbose back then - and their language often overly florid. Of course, without all the visual aids, they did need to paint a picture with their words.

Lilymoon · F

@sciguy18 yeah they used a ridiculous amount of words haha and you're right... probably because of the lack of visual aids

GBPackersFan · 41-45, M

You should be a screen writer for The Young & The Restless

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GBPackersFan · 41-45, M

Exactly! I’ll admit I dated some gal back in the 90’s who was addicted to a couple of soaps including General Hospital and after awhile I got hooked even when we broke up I was recording them while I was at work 😂. This is between you and I okay 😳😉@Lilymoon

Lilymoon · F

@GBPackersFan I'm telling 😜 🏃‍♀️
seriously tho I know you can get addicted for sure hahaha

GBPackersFan · 41-45, M

That’s true but people were shocked when they heard… my friends were like you only watch sports and Married With Children so something ain’t right 😂@Lilymoon

Northwest · M

I think back then, they got paid by the number of words 🤣 There is an art to the "understatement".

I've been thinking that if we turn AI on Dostoevsky's novels, they can be reduced to brochures.