use big words whenever you can

[Sundae]

hatstand

[Lamplighter]

Originally Posted by Sundae

Hmmmmm.
I am speaking English. I just know more of it than you do.

Worthy of The Cellar Hall of Fame !

[Lamplighter]

Originally Posted by Sundae

Okay.
You have me combobulated now.

Would you prefer being combobulated or discombobulated ?

[footfootfoot]

[Spexxvet]

Originally Posted by footfootfoot

Beat me to to it.

[zippyt]

Dude i went to school with folks like that ,

And they ALLWAYS put a T at the end of my name

[Sundae]

Originally Posted by Lamplighter

Would you prefer being combobulated or discombobulated ?

I'd prefer to be drunk and laid.

[Sundae]

Originally Posted by zippyt

And they ALLWAYS put a T at the end of my name

I might be missing something here.

[zippyt]

my name is Chris not Christ , though i DO have my Moments

[regular.joe]

I'm too obstreperous to do what I'm told, so no, I will not use big words.

[footfootfoot]

His given name is Jesus, so they'd call him Jesust.

[monster]

Originally Posted by jimhelm

I just said, 'For the nonce' to a customer, and he understood it.

Were you giving him a bumper sticker that says: "Seriously kid, run like hell, there's no puppy here"?

[DanaC]

One thing that really winds me up, is when I use a word that isn't madly obscure, but which someone else hasn't come across before, and they act like I am somehow bizarre for knowing and using that word.

Tough to think of one off the top of my head, but I'm talking about a word like *thinks*...mitigate, or caveat.

There was this whole thing where the council pledged to rewrite all its public documents and communications into 'plain English'. Apparently, the word 'facilitate' is too obscure and should be replaced with 'assist' or 'help'....


Wtf? I mean...I realise they have similar definitions, but they aren't identical and they have specific uses.


I'm with Sundae on this. I don't have even the slightest problem with other people's vocabularies. I often like it when I hear a word that's unfamiliar to me, or a familiar word used in an unfamiliar way. It has never been a problem for me that some people don't have the same joy in words that I have and therefore didn't spend their childhood and adolescence chasing new words for their collection :p It only bothers me that some seem to have a problem with my vocabulary and word use.

ok.....serious rant done with....

On a lighter note: one of my students in their recent assignment mixed up the word 'theory' and 'theology'. So I was treated to a paragraph about the new 'scientific theology' that sprang up in the wake of Cook's voyages :p

[Sundae]

Jim was funning with us here.

But it's great to have you back.
Now get into the panto GTG thread, stat.
Except I have a worry I might be seeing JB without you this year, hon.
Due to Pilau's situation...

Back to language, I confused emancipated with emaciated as a teen.
Not that much of a strecth when writing about slaves.
Still have to stop and think about hubris and gravitas.
I blame The League of Gentlemen and Ian M Banks.

It helps.

[Aliantha]

I find four letter words work very well in some applications. Much more so than any other number of letters.

Some people are just too fucking dumb for words and you have to use little one to explain just exactly what sort of a moron they are.