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Julia asked in Society & CultureLanguages · 8 years ago

What do you say when you don't have a wide range of vocabulary?

I know you say "my grammar isn't the greatest" when you use the wrong form of 'there' or 'your' but what do you say when you don't know big words like 'congeniality' or 'terminology'

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  • Cogito
    Lv 7
    8 years ago
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    The usual phrase would be that you don't have a very advanced or extensive vocabulary.

  • Anonymous
    8 years ago

    You've got to accentuate the positive, eliminate the negative, latch on to the affirmative and don't mess with mister in between. Well, that's what Bing said.

  • sandi Q
    Lv 7
    7 years ago

    By the analogy you gave, you might say: my VOCABULARY isn't the greatest; or my vocabulary is limited.

    Source(s): lang spec
  • Anonymous
    8 years ago

    Just say "I'm a great big dumbass" it gets the message across.

  • Raatz
    Lv 7
    8 years ago

    Very little. /rimshot

    Buy a pocket dictionary.

  • ?
    Lv 7
    8 years ago

    You could say, 'Hmm... I think I'll go to word-a-day -- or something like that -- and look into it.....'

    http://www.merriam-webster.com/word-of-the-day/

    Source(s): http://www.merriam-webster.com/word-of-the-day/
  • Anonymous
    8 years ago

    you could joke around and be like "in English please?" if it's one of your friends!!

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