rather random

Upon reading my initial post, I noticed that I was...er...rather fond of the word...rather. I used it a ridiculous number of times! Such an odd word, isn't it...'rather.' A rather odd word. It appears in the dictionary between rathe and 'rather than.' It means "With better reason or more popriety: more properly" or "More readily or willingly; preferably" or "More correctly speaking" or "To the contrary, instead" or [archaic] "in some degree: somewhat." I find I use rather in all these ways, particulary in the archaic form...must be the shakespeare in me...ha. I should pity rather than despise those who do not know the glory of the word 'rather.' I'd rather use this word than some other boring word. My kids, or rather my students, don't know how to use this word. This post hasn't gotten any better but rather has grown worse. To summarize: I rather enjoy using this word.

rather boring...