# What is your threshold tolerance for unusual or oft repeated words in books **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** books-writing-myths\ **Created:** [April 28, 2023, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-threshold-tolerance-for-unusual-or-oft-repeated-words-in-books/983327 "2023-04-28T22:15:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 11
**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2023, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-threshold-tolerance-for-unusual-or-oft-repeated-words-in-books/983327/11 "2023-04-29T00:42:45Z")
Didn’t we just do this? > [@Authors with particular linguistic habits or tics, like often repeated or misused words or phrases](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/authors-with-particular-linguistic-habits-or-tics-like-often-repeated-or-misused-words-or-phrases/973332/20): > > Marguerite Henry was rather fond of the unusual phrase “sharp ecstasy”. It shows up twice in Misty of Chincoteague and also in some of her other books, most of which are aimed at young readers. Other children in other books are joyful or feel happy or even on occasion may be ecstatic, but only in Marguerite Henry’s world are they likely to “feel a sharp ecstasy”. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-threshold-tolerance-for-unusual-or-oft-repeated-words-in-books/983327)._