I Like Words

I would be close to satisfied if just once I could write something as wonderfully delicious as this cover letter from 1934, as heard on NPR's All Things Considered:

Dear Sir,

I like words.

I like fat, buttery words, such as ooze, turpitude, gluttonous, toady.

I like solemn, angular, creaky words, such as straitlaced, cantankerous, precuneus, valedictory.

I like spurious, black-as-white words, such as mortician, liquidate, tonsorial, demimonde.

I like suave V words, such as Svengali, svelte, bravura, verve.

I like crunchy, brittle, crackly words, such as splinter, grapple, jostle, crusty.

I like sullen, crabbed, scowling words, such as skulk, glower, scabby, churl.

I like Oh-Heavens, my-gracious, land's-sake words, such as tricksy, tucker, genteel, horrid.

I like elegant, flowery words, such as estivate, peregrinate, elysium, halcyon.

I like wormy, squirmy, mealy words, such as crawl, blubber, squeal, drip.

I like sniggly, chuckling words, such as cowlick, gurgle, bubble and burp.

I like the word screenwriter better than copywriter, so I decided to quit my job in a New York advertising agency and try my luck in Hollywood, but before taking the plunge I went to Europe for a year of study, contemplation and horsing around. I have just returned and I still like words.

May I have a few with you?

Robert Pirosh

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