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Vlivef Posted 7 years ago
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Glutton, gourmand,etc. - which to use?

Hi,

"This portion is too small for a gourmand like you".

(Context: a small talk between a wife and husband :-)

1. Is this example good English?

2. Is it true that GOURMAND is "more delicate" than GLUTTON in most contents?

3. Which of the words synonymous with GLUTTON are the least "strong"?

Hope my questions make sense...

4. Is it true that most AE speakers put the stress on the second syllable in GOURMAND?

  

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vlivef Hi, "This portion is too small for a gourmand like you". It's polite, humorous. (Context: a small talk between a wife and husband :-) 1.

— Nel0506

  • vlivef Hi, "This portion is too small for a gourmand like you".
  • It's polite, humorous.
  • (Context: a small talk between a wife and husband :-) 1.
  • Is this example good English?
  • - It comes from French, or is influenced from borrowing, but usage always changes over time.
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vlivef

Hi,

"This portion is too small for a gourmand like you". It's polite, humorous.

(Context: a small talk between a wife and husband :-)

1. Is this example good English? - It comes from French, or is influenced from borrowing, but usage always changes over time. For me, I have only he

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"This portion is too small for a gourmand like you".

(Context: a small talk between a wife and husband :-)

1. Is this example good English? It's correct English, but it is so stiff and formal that it sounds ludicrous.

It might sound OK in a context where both people are well-educated and the wife is trying to be sarcastic.


2. Is it true that GOURMAND

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A hundred years ago "gourmand" (accent on the second syllable) meant glutton, but today (in the US) it has lost most of this unpleasant sense and is used almost synonymously with "gourmet (who likes to eat heartily)."

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