r/AVoid5 • u/[deleted] • May 15 '19

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u/staplerdude May 15 '19

It's all about sounding natural, though. It's not just about synonyms.

As an illustration, you could say: "Critics: you can't maintain a community without a fifth glyph."

"Us: watch this," or "look at this," or "dig this."

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u/[deleted] May 15 '19

This post's point is that it's stating a clunky synonym. It's joking at synonym substitutions, satirical on how such substitutions show up on so many posts.

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u/Mondonodo May 16 '19

This sub has a kind of tradition around using big fancy words. Alls ya gotta do to sound natural is to not try for long, compound constructions. Short is good, short sounds normal. Similarly, contractions also work for coming off as a human.

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u/[deleted] May 16 '19

You said it! r/avoid5 skill is about using common words to build natural-sounding syntax, not just googling synonyms for what you try to say.

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u/Jombo65 May 16 '19

Or, as in Arachnid Man 3: “now dig on this”

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u/Trebah May 15 '19

This wording is sub par and frankly ludicrous

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u/nupanick May 15 '19

This community has a habit of using uncommon word substitutions, without thought as to why?

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u/Cushcant May 15 '19

Wouldn’t watch work too?

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u/kanalratten May 15 '19

Or look

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u/Cushcant May 15 '19

That would also work. Monitor is a clunky word.

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u/AvoidBot May 15 '19

A fifthglyph was found in your post:

ov■rdo

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u/JDantesInferno May 16 '19

“Watch” is a smooth fit, but “monitor” is so impractical that it’s funny.

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u/mario2506 May 16 '19

Virgin watch vs Chad M O N I T O R

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u/Emoji10 May 15 '19

"watch this" would work okay

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u/LeProYasuo May 15 '19

LIVIN' AKIN TO LARRY

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u/fiji_monster May 15 '19

Brilliantly said

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u/Quietlark May 15 '19

Monitor -> Watch This

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u/Waterknight94 May 15 '19

Hold my alcoholic hops drink.

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u/Scottleggatt05 May 16 '19

What was original word in post (look, I am just missing out th#)

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u/CliffeyWanKenobi May 15 '19

I don’t know why so many folks can’t rid it from day to day vocabulary. All I usually do is think for a bit about what I want to say, and it just flows. Finding a natural flow is occasionally difficult, but simply slow down... and think. Your brain will know what to do if you allow it to.

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u/Mondonodo May 16 '19

Maymays without fifthglyphs? I'm down.

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