word-hoard
\ WURD-hawrd \ , noun;
1. A person's vocabulary.
Today marks the 200th anniversary of the publication of "Pride and Prejudice" by Jane Austen. For those of you who have not read the book, or seen one of the movies, or even watched The Lizzie Bennet Diaries after I personally recommended them... change that status. Immediately. In fact I'll be so bold as to make a gushy fan-girl statement and say that today's episode of The LBD is my favorite so far. Plots become so much more pleasant to watch when the characters get along.
But because we are hopeless fans when it comes to P&P, Ashley and I decided to mark this momentous date by watching the 2005 film P&P with Keira Knightly. Honestly one of my favorite movies, I'm absolutely head over heels for the guy who plays Darcy. I used today's WoD during the scene of the first ball, when we are first introduced to Darcy, Bingly, and Bingly's sister. I was, of course, impressed with the vast vocabulary in the film (it was written in a time when vocab was the thing to know), and I said to Ashley, "They have excellent word-hoard in this film." She agreed with me.
So this blog post is hereby dedicated to Jane Austen, who gave us the very first chick-lit that has not only taught us what we should ask for in a relationship, but what we can do to improve it. And how opening ourselves to change may be the best decision we ever make.
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