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Originally Posted by Teresa Edgerton  But Ian, I said wouldn't use in conversation, not don't use in conversation. If you had need of that word in conversation (say, if you were discussing typesetting) you could, I presume, bring it out easily and naturally. But I doubt the opportunity often comes up. |
That's specialised vocabulary. And yes, people's vocabularies change according to their context.
However... I was referring to their
entire vocabulary. Say someone said to me, "The weather is vacillating today." I'd know what they meant. And "vacillate" is a word I might use when writing. But it's not one I'd use myself in conversation.