Members ryanstanley Posted November 30, 2006 Members Share Posted November 30, 2006 is there some sort of website to help with this? i'm so bad with words.. my vocabulary is complete {censored} thesauruses never work, because you have to search for a word to begin with... and i need something where i can just basically tell them the definition of the word i need, and they can tell me the word is it possible that, even with the billions of words in the english language, the word i want doesn't exist? that just seems unbelievable.. that I could actually manage to find significant voids in the english language, about 50 times every time i try to write something or maybe i'm just trying to say too much with one word, and i should cut back on all the metaphors and concept connection stuff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members basshunter Posted November 30, 2006 Members Share Posted November 30, 2006 Post it here. I'll give you a word. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members lug Posted November 30, 2006 Members Share Posted November 30, 2006 Originally posted by ryanstanley is there some sort of website to help with this? i'm so bad with words.. my vocabulary is complete {censored} thesauruses never work, because you have to search for a word to begin with... and i need something where i can just basically tell them the definition of the word i need, and they can tell me the word is it possible that, even with the billions of words in the english language, the word i want doesn't exist? that just seems unbelievable.. that I could actually manage to find significant voids in the english language, about 50 times every time i try to write something or maybe i'm just trying to say too much with one word, and i should cut back on all the metaphors and concept connection stuff There are not billions of words in the english language. ..........smug Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Jazz Ad Posted November 30, 2006 Members Share Posted November 30, 2006 Use a dictionary of synonyms. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members lokidecat Posted November 30, 2006 Members Share Posted November 30, 2006 http://www.thesaurus.com/ q-n-d Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Fireball_73 Posted November 30, 2006 Members Share Posted November 30, 2006 Just write prog lyrics. Then you can get away with writing words that don't mean anything to other people. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Fireball_73 Posted November 30, 2006 Members Share Posted November 30, 2006 Originally posted by lug There are not billions of words in the english language...........smug English is the no-1 language in the world for words that have many different subtle meanings. So if you can write it in English, you won't be able to in any other languages. Unless you are writing a song in Eskimish* about snow** *Which doesn't exist** they don't have that many words for snow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators ThudMaker Posted November 30, 2006 Moderators Share Posted November 30, 2006 Originally posted by ryanstanley my vocabulary is complete {censored} Try cookie monster screamo. That's why it's popular, so you don't need good lyrics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bholder Posted November 30, 2006 Members Share Posted November 30, 2006 Quick! What's another word for "thesaurus"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members chris-dax Posted November 30, 2006 Members Share Posted November 30, 2006 here's one for you ryan... thesaurus, dictionary and other.... I find it works pretty well for me....c-d Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Les_Izzmor Posted November 30, 2006 Members Share Posted November 30, 2006 I can't find the right way, to tell her I love herAnd still make the words rhyme with Sonja Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bholder Posted November 30, 2006 Members Share Posted November 30, 2006 Originally posted by Les_Izzmor I can't find the right way, to tell her I love her And still make the words rhyme with Sonja Sonja, didjagetanyonya? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members FreestyleIntruder Posted December 1, 2006 Members Share Posted December 1, 2006 Just make words up It worked for Shakespeare Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ryanstanley Posted December 1, 2006 Author Members Share Posted December 1, 2006 Originally posted by Fireball_73 Just write prog lyrics. Then you can get away with writing words that don't mean anything to other people. ha, yeah if i was OK with being completely ambiguous, life would be easy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members JacieFB Posted December 1, 2006 Members Share Posted December 1, 2006 Forest for the trees, man... Don't try to wow them with the words...it's what the entire passage/verse/chorus or entire song is saying. Look at it from 1,000 feet instead of 2 feet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ryanstanley Posted December 1, 2006 Author Members Share Posted December 1, 2006 Originally posted by JacieFB Forest for the trees, man... Don't try to wow them with the words...it's what the entire passage/verse/chorus or entire song is saying. Look at it from 1,000 feet instead of 2 feet. hmmm... as obvious as it seems, i never really thought of it that way im not sure how much that'll actually affect how i write though, because since im much more melodically inclined than lyrically, i tend to come up with a melody, rhythmic pattern and loose syllable sounds, then try to apply words to them.. and this wouldnt be hard if i just said random {censored}, but i want the song to be ABOUT something, damnit! good point though! i'll try and apply it as best i can Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ryanstanley Posted December 1, 2006 Author Members Share Posted December 1, 2006 Originally posted by ryanstanley hmmm... as obvious as it seems, i never really thought of it that way im not sure how much that'll actually affect how i write though, because since im much more melodically inclined than lyrically, i tend to come up with a melody, rhythmic pattern and loose syllable sounds, then try to apply words to them.. and this wouldnt be hard if i just said random {censored}, but i want the song to be ABOUT something, damnit! good point though! i'll try and apply it as best i can ha, i just realized that i basically just scat for a while then try to turn it into words. wierd! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Rowka Posted December 1, 2006 Members Share Posted December 1, 2006 Originally posted by Les_Izzmor I can't find the right way, to tell her I love herAnd still make the words rhyme with Sonja That's Mrs. Rowka's name. Even spelled with a "j." Best I could do was:I love you SonjaYou know I wanna bone yaYou've never given me pneumoniaand you smell better than ammonia Not very romantic, I know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Archived
This topic is now archived and is closed to further replies.