Thread:Lidewey/@comment-29082502-20190611235329/@comment-30339728-20190612002859

Thanks for the smile and giggle. I like milieu and phastasmoria (tough one to say)  Don't know what genius loci is, but I imagine it has to do with smarts or intelligence based on the first word. I try to use an elevated vocabulary when talking to students as a way to combat the decline in their conversational quality - and to surreptitiously improve their communication skills. The kids tell me that they also like the level of our conversations because I don't speak down to them and they feel more "grown up". They'd laugh to know I wish my vocabulary was better than it is - but I fake it well enough.

I incorporate a course on Greek and Latin stems in my class. During the final week of school (to keep them interested) the kids had to come up with a thematic listing of nonsense words made of a minimum of three stems. I used transportation as my theme example with the subterraneanbitricycle. (A three wheeled vehicle for two persons used to to explore underground cave systems and/or tunnels.)