Somebody has been calling me finicky, a first amongst the various adjectives used for me - rude, brash, arrogant, snooty, eccentric etc.
The Merriam Webster says finicky : extremely or excessively particular, exacting, or meticulous in taste or standards
But am I really finicky or just particular? To be finicky I need to be excessively particular.
Talking about food, guess I am quite particular about the food I eat. Too much greens is not really acceptable. My taste buds are yet to be properly attuned to continental or for that matter Oriental food. What that leaves me with, is to choose from Mughlai or home made food and of course mostly non vegetarian.
Clothes, am hardly particular about. With my appalling sense of dressing, and the colour combination challenge I live with there is no way I can be finicky about the way I dress.
What I am particular (finicky if you wish) about is my language. Want to be able to always use the correct language while talking or writing. This idea has come about mainly with the belief that to be able to write well is an art. The play of words - spoken or written - is an art. Wit is derived quite a bit from the command over the language. Shakespeare's play of words make his simple stories classics, Churchill's wit is legendary. Wit is close to intelligence.
It is also this desire to achieve a high degree of command over the language makes me very particular about it. Just as I try to be particular about the title of my blog posts.
I am proud of my small collection of books. I do not lend books to any one I suspect might not use it properly. In that way I am very particular about my books too.
The Merriam Webster says finicky : extremely or excessively particular, exacting, or meticulous in taste or standards
But am I really finicky or just particular? To be finicky I need to be excessively particular.
Talking about food, guess I am quite particular about the food I eat. Too much greens is not really acceptable. My taste buds are yet to be properly attuned to continental or for that matter Oriental food. What that leaves me with, is to choose from Mughlai or home made food and of course mostly non vegetarian.
Clothes, am hardly particular about. With my appalling sense of dressing, and the colour combination challenge I live with there is no way I can be finicky about the way I dress.
What I am particular (finicky if you wish) about is my language. Want to be able to always use the correct language while talking or writing. This idea has come about mainly with the belief that to be able to write well is an art. The play of words - spoken or written - is an art. Wit is derived quite a bit from the command over the language. Shakespeare's play of words make his simple stories classics, Churchill's wit is legendary. Wit is close to intelligence.
It is also this desire to achieve a high degree of command over the language makes me very particular about it. Just as I try to be particular about the title of my blog posts.
I am proud of my small collection of books. I do not lend books to any one I suspect might not use it properly. In that way I am very particular about my books too.
Anything else that I am particular about, you tell me.
So am I excessively particular or plain particular.
2 comments:
well the definition is... when ur being, plain particular or excessively particular is exacting on others its being finicky....
i guess you would like to consider putting folding umbrellas in particular way, giving repeated instructions on books, pointing out missing "s" in the above category :)
btw had to do a spell check coz of the particular (excessively) nature
Hey! Have those other adjectives been borrowed from a testimonial written for you in a social networking site?
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