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Title: Lovecraft's favorite words
Post by: Scorpio on March 02, 2011, 03:33:20 PM

No, not strictly gaming-related, but too entertaining not to pass along:

http://cthulhuchick.com/wordcount-lovecraft-favorite-words/

Title: Re: Lovecraft's favorite words
Post by: Malebolgia on March 02, 2011, 03:35:36 PM

My favorite is 'cyclopean'. Such a cool word...really works on my imagination 8)

Title: Re: Lovecraft's favorite words
Post by: LidlessEye on March 02, 2011, 04:17:24 PM

Only 21 instances of gambrel?  I'm shocked and disappointed!

Oh, and worth noting as well: the link above also sends you to a free complete works of Lovecraft for eBook readers.  You can also download software to view the documents on your computer.

Title: Re: Lovecraft's favorite words
Post by: supervike on March 02, 2011, 09:45:26 PM

I always think of Gibbeous and Eldritch when I think of HP....

Too cool.

Title: Re: Lovecraft's favorite words
Post by: Dolmot on March 02, 2011, 10:34:59 PM

I'm not using "noisome" enough in daily conversation. Nor "antediluvian". Then again, that could be because I don't converse daily in English...

Title: Re: Lovecraft's favorite words
Post by: D@rth J@ymZ on March 02, 2011, 11:24:43 PM

there are some great words there that need to be re-introduced back into everyday conversation.

Title: Re: Lovecraft's favorite words
Post by: supervike on March 03, 2011, 08:16:56 PM

When i first started reading HP Lovecraft, I had to have a dictionary beside me to look up these words....

What a rich language we have....

Title: Re: Lovecraft's favorite words
Post by: ZenWired on March 04, 2011, 03:50:57 AM

Quote from: supervike on March 03, 2011, 08:16:56 PM

When i first started reading HP Lovecraft, I had to have a dictionary beside me to look up these words....

Sounds familiar.  :D In fact, I dare say that I owe a significant portion of my vocabulary to H.P. Lovecraft (and Gary Gygax).

Title: Re: Lovecraft's favorite words
Post by: SBMiniaturesGuy on March 09, 2011, 06:30:25 PM

Don't forget Necrotic and Necrous!!

Title: Re: Lovecraft's favorite words
Post by: The_Beast on March 09, 2011, 06:55:11 PM

Quote from: SBMiniaturesGuy on March 09, 2011, 06:30:25 PM

Don't forget Necrotic and Necrous!!

Amongst the somewhat less common (let's not dwell on 'faint') I do oft use charnel, foetid, and gibbous. Hmm, is that a bad thing to admit?

While not a devotee of HP, I appreciate where he's led. I've a t-shirt that's a mash up of his work and a hit movie, titled 'On the Brokeback Mountains of Madness.'

Hmm, is that a bad thing to admit?

Doug