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Do you ever notice an author using a word over and over again? (alien.top)
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I’m currently reading The Duke and I and the author is constantly using the word “acerbic”. I had never heard of the word before now and had to google the definition. The word has shown up so much that I’m tempted to go through the book and count its appearances lol.

Have you noticed any authors having favorite words that they use page after page?

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[–] Arch27@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

well... It's understandable, but in his last official novel, Raising Steam (released while he was still alive), Terry Pratchett used the phrase "not to put to fine a point on it" at least a dozen times.

Pratchett had early on-set Alzheimer's. His favorite band was They Might Be Giants, who have a big 1990 hit "Birdhouse In Your Soul" where the phrase is repeated as part of the chorus.