Originally Posted by ltppowell
Why would anyone use big words when they could use little words that people understand?


Big words sometimes carry more precise information with less effort .. but only to an intelligent / informed listener. If someone is using words that are too big, it is possibly because they have overestimated the intelligence of the person they are talking to. It happens.

Tom

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