Sunday, October 17, 2010

History-Related Words I Never Want to Hear Again

Trope

Performative

Diachronic

Presentism

Creole

Dialectic

Normative

Structuralist

Synecdoche

Yes, these are real words, used by real historians without a sense of either irony or shame. I'm no less guilty than the next guy.

1 comment:

JohnInPune said...

Assignment - use all these words in once sentance.