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The Latinometer™ allows you to package your message in the right kind of box. By choosing a word from the Germanic or Latinate vocabulary, you are sending two messages: the content of your message and its packaging. Choosing the style of your message controls how it will be received. Do you sound pretentious? Click on a blue, purple, or red word. It will take you to thesaurus.com, where you can find a Germanic substitute. Do you sound uneducated? Click on a green word. It will take you to thesaurus.com, where you can find a Latinate substitute. WHO CAN USE THIS? EDITORS: Keep your writers below the Mary Bennet line of 42%. NOVELISTS: Vary the diction of your characters so they sound different. ALL WRITERS: Try to stay around 30%. That is where most people are comfortable. Great writers, like Jane Austen, use Germanic and Latinate words like a camera, They zoom in on a scene or image with Germanic words they use Latinate words to pan out, giving the big picture Inexperienced writers often use words from only one vocabulary.
