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Word of the Day: Rustic
Today’s word, rustic, is quite similar to the word quaint.
Regular readers of my posts may remember the word quaint from December 16, 2017.
If you don’t recall the word, you may want to click on it to refresh your memory.
Anyway, these days, simple, unfinished and rough things, such as furniture, homes or even fashion, seem to be popular because they are rustic.
All of these things are related to the countryside.
As you can see in the picture, modern electronic devices are sitting on a somewhat rough and seemingly unfinished table, which gives off a feeling of rusticness.
In Japan, some people prefer to purchase an old Japanese-style house (minshuku) instead of the more modern-day versions, even though old houses are much colder in winter.
They prefer the rusticness of the houses, I guess.
Flesch-Kincaid Readability Test
This post is understandable by someone with at least an 8th-grade education (age 13 – 14).
On the Flesch-Kincaid reading-ease test, this post scores 61.
The easier a passage is to read, the higher the score on a scale of 0 – 100.