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e) to soften the utterance such word, when they are the kind of understatement
because English words may sound too rude or undesirable (e.g. "love amore").
f) Because of humour when these words are used out of place.
3. Archaic words words no longer used in everyday speech, words that are
outdated (e.g. thou you, to deem to think, to woot to know, timepiece clock,
raymont clothes, etc.). We should distinguish between natural and deliberate use of
archaic words (e.g. Shakespeare many of the words he used are archaic today but then
they were ordinary words here we speak about natural use of archaic words).
Contemporary writers use them deliberately; the function of such words is:
a) in historical novels to recreate truthfully the atmosphere of the certain period