Still not quite sure I made my point here, so I'll give it one last go, then quit.
When one is about to give what they hope is a convincing argument, and they get all puffed up and start using 10 dollar sentences, I think of it as the educated man's equivalent of a roid-head pushing out his chest to "show off his manliness". I don't have any problem with vocabulary. I myself do the same thing as you with my wife. She enjoys it, and gives "rewards" for when I use words which I have to explain the meaning, so tend to use them as often as I can. :) Merely just an observation on something that I see a lot on this list. On Thu, Jun 5, 2008 at 7:22 AM, G Money <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I love tapping into ten cent words when I get a chance. My wife hates it, > because I have to keep repeating sentences too her until they resemble > something she's familiar with.....she never developed the love for words > that I did :) > > Seriously though, a broad vocabulary is great because it allows you to > select just the right words to convey your messages. The subtleties can > help > tremendously, especially in a medium like this....where it can be so hard > to > pick up on the context. > > On Wed, Jun 4, 2008 at 3:00 PM, Crow T. Robot <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > While I rarely show it here, I do have a decent vocabulary. My comment > > (made in jest really) was just trying to point out that some people here, > > when they are trying to make an argument in which sounding more educated > > will help make their point, they go over the top with the vocabulary. > > > > It's just funny, that's all. I'm certainly not one of those people who > > puts people down 'cause they are S-M-R-T. I am one of those geeks, > albeit > > a > > more rounded one than most. > > > > On Wed, Jun 4, 2008 at 2:52 PM, Dana <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > i don'[ see why having a vocabulary has to be seen as trying to > > > impress people. I think most people here are past that. We know who > > > agrees with us and who does not. And as some of the past mega-threads > > > have demonstrated, number of words don't change that, not do number of > > > syllables. > > > > > > On Wed, Jun 4, 2008 at 1:38 PM, Crow T. Robot < > [EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > wrote: > > > > It's kinda funny how some ppl on this list get all verbose sometimes, > > but > > > > not always. Just those times when it seems like they are trying to > > > impress > > > > us or sound extra-edumacated... > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Wed, Jun 4, 2008 at 2:31 PM, Larry Lyons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > wrote: > > > > > > > >> just because I use words of more than one syllable and don't grunt > as > > > much > > > >> as the others no need to be jealous. > > > >> > > > >> >This sentence was sponsored by Roget's Thesaurus. > > > >> > > > > >> > > > > >> >"I find it rather sad that instead of debating ideas many > republicans > > > and > > > >> >those to the right of center use insults and invective. it really > > does > > > >> >indicate a paucity of ideas, and a willingness to use rancor > instead > > of > > > >> >debate." > > > >> > > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;192386516;25150098;k Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:261378 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
