On Tue, Apr 24, 2012 at 10:31 AM, Suresh Ramasubramanian <[email protected]> wrote: > Let us put it this way. There are several terms being dismissed as > pretentious expressions in this thread, that actually have specific meanings > attached to them, and these meanings are used consistently
I think it's pretentious to use a big or rarely used word when a commonly one would do just as well. In specific contexts, a technical discussion for example, precision and conciseness may require the use of complicated jargon. That would not be objectionable, IMHO. -- b
