Thomas McGuane

Summertime in Montana, I become a monosyllabic baboon. I want to ride with the cowboys, go to brandings, doctor cattle, and train my horses. But in a few months, the snow starts to fly. The days become shorter; the yellow color of interior light becomes delicious. I look at my shelves, and every book just glows, and I want to be inside of that.

American Author

Jane Leavy

Wherever Mantle went in the great metropolis - Danny's Hideaway, the Latin Quarter, the '21' Club, the Stork Club, El Morocco, Toots Shor's - his preferred drink was waiting when he walked through the door. Reporters waited at his locker for monosyllabic bons mots. Boys clustered by the players' gate, hoping to touch him.

American Writer

Gina Bellman

Some directors are really strong on action, manhandling you around the set; others are very focused on setting up the camera shots and practically ignore you. You have to get used to introverts, extroverts, directors who clown around for the crew, and the odd one who's monosyllabic.

New Zealander Actress

Boris Johnson

My speaking style was criticised by no less an authority than Arnold Schwarzenegger. It was a low moment, my friends, to have my rhetorical skills denounced by a monosyllabic Austrian cyborg.

British Politician

There is no free speech in football. Information is parsed by monosyllabic head coaches, who dictate who gets to speak to whom and when.

Monosyllabic words can speed up conversation due to their brevity.

Short and Quick

Pronounce monosyllabic words clearly to avoid misunderstanding, as they're brief.

Clear Pronunciation

Monosyllabic words can create rhythm in poetry or song lyrics.

Poetic Rhythm

Monosyllabic replies can suggest a person's mood, like being upset or uninterested.

Emotional State

Monosyllabic speech can hinder conversation by providing little to respond to.

Conversational Flow

People who speak monosyllabically may appear concise or to the point.

Impression of Brevity

 and send these words to their rightful fate. Now imagine a world without these two words. Imagine a world where real description is required, digging further into our vocabulary than just a monosyllabic effort to get away with not being honest,