Grammar Girl's 101 Words Every High School Graduate Needs to Know (Quick & Dirty Tips) by Fogarty Mignon

Author:Fogarty, Mignon [Fogarty, Mignon]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Published: 2011-07-05T00:00:00+00:00

Laconic

From the Greek Lakōn, the name of a region near ancient Sparta. Laconians were known for their terse speech. The most famous example is the Laconian reply to Philip of Maceon’s threat “If I enter Laconia, I will raze Sparta to the ground.” Their ruler simply responded, “If.”

In English, laconic is still used to describe someone of few words. It sometimes carries a negative connotation.

You can get far in North America with laconic grunts. “Huh,” “hun,” and “hi!” in their various modulations, together with “sure,” “guess so,” “that so?” and “nuts!” will meet almost any contingency.

—For Your Eyes Only by Ian Fleming, Scottish writer

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