(Here's the latest blog from my "wordabulous" client, Debbie Watts.)
Hi, Wordabu-logians!
Hope your summer is off to a sun-sational start! I want to begin by thanking all who came out to meet me at my book signing in Nashville at Border's West End on June 18th. We had a lively crowd and a great discussion about words. Then, the party resumed down the street at Loews Vanderbilt Plaza Hotel. We enjoyed a champagne toast, gourmet goodies to eat, great local musicians, and a spirited Scrabble tournament, what I hope will be the first of many more.
Many have been asking me what I do as a vocabulary coach. The teaching tools and techniques I use for 7th, 8th, and high school students are totally different from those I use with adults. For example, a young college graduate approached me at his graduation party, asking me if I would "tutor" him for an important interview he had coming up with a pharmaceutical sales firm. He had a list of questions the career placement office had given him to study and prepare for. I asked him how he would answer those questions. He gave me some answers, and then I prescribed some more precise adjectives, verbs, and expressions that were more professional and that showed he had done his homework for that interview. I just got word from him that he got the job! I wouldn't assume that it was my "designer vocabulary" that did it for him, but I hope it helped. If any of you are interested in being coached in vocabulary or that I should "design" a special vocabulary just for you, you may contact me at: wattsd2@comcast.net.
I want to leave you with a neat word coinage. In Tennessee, we just enjoyed country music week and the Bonnaroo music festival. The word "bonnaroo" has an interesting origin. R & B artist Dr. John is credited with this coinage. It seems that he combined the words, "bon," a romance language root for "good" and "aroo", meaning "around". The result is a word that names one of the ''best" concerts "around". Thus, bonnaroo was born. Share some of your favorite coinages with me by leaving comments.
Oh, I almost forgot. I'd like to thank Channel 4 for having me as a guest on "More At Midday". Tim Ross, you're a funny guy. I enjoyed our interview. Chuck Whiting, you're the best publicist in the business. Randy Schiller at Border's Books in Nashville, you should write your own book about words.
In wordly love,
Debbie
aka "Word Woman"
Hope your summer is off to a sun-sational start! I want to begin by thanking all who came out to meet me at my book signing in Nashville at Border's West End on June 18th. We had a lively crowd and a great discussion about words. Then, the party resumed down the street at Loews Vanderbilt Plaza Hotel. We enjoyed a champagne toast, gourmet goodies to eat, great local musicians, and a spirited Scrabble tournament, what I hope will be the first of many more.
Many have been asking me what I do as a vocabulary coach. The teaching tools and techniques I use for 7th, 8th, and high school students are totally different from those I use with adults. For example, a young college graduate approached me at his graduation party, asking me if I would "tutor" him for an important interview he had coming up with a pharmaceutical sales firm. He had a list of questions the career placement office had given him to study and prepare for. I asked him how he would answer those questions. He gave me some answers, and then I prescribed some more precise adjectives, verbs, and expressions that were more professional and that showed he had done his homework for that interview. I just got word from him that he got the job! I wouldn't assume that it was my "designer vocabulary" that did it for him, but I hope it helped. If any of you are interested in being coached in vocabulary or that I should "design" a special vocabulary just for you, you may contact me at: wattsd2@comcast.net.
I want to leave you with a neat word coinage. In Tennessee, we just enjoyed country music week and the Bonnaroo music festival. The word "bonnaroo" has an interesting origin. R & B artist Dr. John is credited with this coinage. It seems that he combined the words, "bon," a romance language root for "good" and "aroo", meaning "around". The result is a word that names one of the ''best" concerts "around". Thus, bonnaroo was born. Share some of your favorite coinages with me by leaving comments.
Oh, I almost forgot. I'd like to thank Channel 4 for having me as a guest on "More At Midday". Tim Ross, you're a funny guy. I enjoyed our interview. Chuck Whiting, you're the best publicist in the business. Randy Schiller at Border's Books in Nashville, you should write your own book about words.
In wordly love,
Debbie
aka "Word Woman"
No comments:
Post a Comment
Thanks for your comments and insights!