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There's a rather lovely essay by James Meek on the Guardian website at the moment, called From albedo to zugunruhe. Put me in mind of Orwell's essay Politics and the English Language, since it addresses the problem of expressing clarity and character in the written word. Standfirst reads: How often do you bother looking up an unfamiliar word? Should writers make us reach for our dictionaries? Four years ago, James Meek vowed to learn every alien word he encountered, and discovered poetry in obscurity And the link: < http://books.guardian.co.uk/review/story/0,,2227650,00.html > It's funny to see some terms that seem to me familiar and normal (geology/geography terms I learnt at school) being found exotic and rare. P