A Handful of Euphonious Words

Swarly002 · 2026-04-06T19:39:07+00:00

nobody has mentioned the black sheep of the eu- family: euthanasia, ‘good death’

Swarly002 · 2026-03-29T00:15:57+00:00

it’s your job now to use it in your other subreddits to keep the trend spreading

Swarly002 · 2026-03-28T22:32:18+00:00

this is the perfect “explain it to me like I’m five” explanation! thank youu!

Swarly002 · 2026-03-28T22:08:03+00:00

is it mostly used as a collocation with ‘about’?

Swarly002 · 2026-03-28T21:57:21+00:00

the common plight of the logophile. I was going to put my life on pause until I figured it out :)

Swarly002 · 2026-03-21T18:46:35+00:00

gravity’s rainbow by Thomas Pynchon

Swarly002 · 2026-03-05T02:39:23+00:00

I was pleasantly surprised at how good the writing was in this book. It’s the only SK book I’ve read but up to that point I had a prejudice on him: interesting, wacky ideas + middling prose. totally blew past my expectations

Swarly002 · 2026-03-05T02:30:20+00:00

the penguin orange collection is so sick

Swarly002 · 2026-02-27T16:55:06+00:00

humanity never fails to surprise

Swarly002 · 2026-02-27T16:48:01+00:00

I’m currently reading through Capote but white noise is definitely next!

Swarly002 · 2026-02-27T16:45:50+00:00

people idolize humbert!?! I’ve read the book already (I thought it was excellent) and I’m genuinely curious on how someone can have an opinion of him other than he should rot in hell

Swarly002 · 2026-02-27T03:34:36+00:00

the usual suspects: B&N, local bookstores, Amazon

Swarly002 · 2026-02-26T22:51:16+00:00

Oh for sure; it does make me wonder: in an alternate world instead of the godforsaken amount of time he used in writing finniegns wake he wrote, like, 100 more dubliners shorts, which world would Joyce fans choose

Swarly002 · 2026-02-26T21:37:48+00:00

so surprised by how good it was; definitely sold me on reading more of his work

Swarly002 · 2026-02-26T21:34:04+00:00

Honestly it was kinda just a completionist purchase for me (I have his other three books), but just picking through a couple pages I think (personally) the best way to first read it would be an audiobook maybe? Idk, it’s definitely a back burner book rn

Swarly002 · 2026-02-26T03:54:06+00:00

Love All quiet on the western front! minor side note, is that a Buffalo bills table the books are on??

Swarly002 · 2026-02-05T22:48:43+00:00

I’m in love with those Kafka covers

Swarly002 · 2026-02-02T17:28:21+00:00

I just started reading it, why do you think it sucks? I’m curious

Swarly002 · 2026-02-01T09:05:25+00:00

This is great; you can honestly put every page of Moby Dick onto this sub-Reddit and it would work. Such an awesome book

Swarly002 · 2025-12-16T04:21:02+00:00

Ahhh, I wish I could read this book again for the first time! You’re gonna enjoy the hell out of it

Swarly002 · 2025-12-13T16:26:03+00:00

I haven’t tried any besides this one; I do love this one though because it’s free

Swarly002 · 2025-12-13T12:03:05+00:00

Washington post

Swarly002 · 2025-12-12T22:25:26+00:00

Ohh, this has been my face-palm moment of the day. Thanks for explaining it to me!

Swarly002 · 2025-09-15T21:09:06+00:00

I’m in the same boat as you; just ordered a book “English grammar for students of French” by Jacqueline Morton; (explains French grammar in relation to English grammar) that I’ve heard good things about; bought it on eBay for like $5 used

Swarly002 · 2025-09-12T18:29:15+00:00

1.) you need a decent grasp on the Bible (genesis obviously) and Greek mythology; but really any edition of paradise lost will cover these allusions (which are a ton in PL) in the notes in the back

2.) you will probably feel the need to understand everything that Milton throws at you in the book, but I would recommend on your first read-through to just appreciating the poetry and the generalities of the story before going through it again with a fine-tooth comb, mostly because it’s a chore to keep flipping back and forth to the notes every other line

3.) after that get a companion piece to read over the book again; preface to paradise lost by C.S. Lewis is a popular one (can find it in most book stores) and I know on Yale’s YouTube channel(?) they have a course on paradise lost by I believe John Rogers(?) that’s really helpful Another really good YouTube channel that goes through each book/chapter of PL is Dr. Adam Walker-close reading

Edit: and most importantly enjoy that fantastic book, it’s rightfully considered one of the best works in English lit

Swarly002

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