On 4/23/12 11:04 PM April 23, 2012, Biju Chacko wrote:
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
What bothers me is when they use the suffix -ize to turn a noun based on
a verb into a verb. “Utilize” is the most common offender, and it's kind
of understandable because utility is not obviously based on the word
“use.” Quite often with verbs that end in -ize, there is already a
perfectly good English verb that means exactly the same thing. Usually
this verb is one or two syllables and quite functional. Why go tacking
an -ize onto the end of nouned verb to make another verb?
It's pretentious, it's tacky, it's ignorant, and it's lazy, all in one move.
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