Positive and Negative (Connotation/Denotation)- Comm 1

Anderson, Digby. "Turn out the lite; lite food is insipid, weak, denatured, flat, diluted, and easy: food for cowards and children. "

(Negative)

1. The mildest thing one would want to say about this horrid dry pink innovation, which sweated under the grill and fell to bits under the knife, was that it was less than a sausage. 


2. There is a word that usefully captures this trend to the insipid and denatured, and it is "Lite." 

3. He is ignorant, timid, squeamish, and childish. 

4. Lite is insipid, weak, denatured, flat, diluted, and easy: food for cowards and children.  

5. The entertainment industry is fluffy and flimsy.

Nostalgia for Kerala (and its food) by Pete Cherches

 (Positive)

1. There are beautiful beaches and backwaters, places of great historical interest, reflecting the region's varied colonial past, and an overall sense of contentment and well-being among the people.

2. The menu was intriguing, including such seasonal specials as rabbit roast and frog legs fry (toddy shop style).

3. The ride was delightful, though a bit claustrophobic. 

4. It was a lovely, idyllic place, and I felt a bit like Gauguin arriving in Tahiti. 

5. Varuthatus are wonderfully incendiary dishes made with chili paste. 


Meanings (of words I did not understand and some other not-so-sure words):



Incendiary-tending to inflame the senses.
Idyllic- charmingly simple or rustic.
Insipid- without sufficient taste to be pleasing, as food or drink; bland.
Squeamish-easily shocked by anything slightly immodest; prudish.

Here ends my assignment in Comm 1. -bow-