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People that enjoy learning soon realize that most folks embrace the average and simplify their comms around average people. A great communicator can simplify complex thought to influence the proletariat. A learned clear thinker can appreciate both complex and simple language and concepts and apply them appropriately to real life.
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mike r Being a flight instructor requires being able to say the same thing several different ways. Hopefully, somehow the switch is flipped and the lightbulb starts glowing. 💡 Well duh...you need to be able to understand everything. It's just stupid to expect other people to . That seems to be the goal sometimes though.
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Dem thar .75¢ words are for the highfalutin types. We don't allow dat hogwash round here😁 if'in ya cain't say it clear din don't say it at all!
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Why would anyone use big words when they could use little words that people understand? Maybe because they’re publishing a paper in some peer-reviewed Journal of Education, more long words signifying not much of anything than I’ve ever seen.
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Nuanced words that are used properly, will typically enhance the symmetry of the idea being described.
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Nuanced words that are used properly, will typically enhance the symmetry of the idea being described.
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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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Dem thar .75¢ words are for the highfalutin types. We don't allow dat hogwash round here😁 if'in ya cain't say it clear din don't say it at all! Big words only for teachers and lawyers.
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Why would anyone use big words when they could use little words that people understand? Maybe because they’re publishing a paper in some peer-reviewed Journal of Education, more long words signifying not much of anything than I’ve ever seen. I have heard that referred to as "edubabble" by an educator acquaintance seeking his masters..
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Why would anyone use big words when they could use little words that people understand? ltppowell; Good evening to you sir, I hope the weekend treated you all fine and all who matter to you are well. Since it's me and we've conversed enough that you'd expect this, I'll begin with a personal story. My late father's first language was Plot Deutsch or Low German and he made it to Grade 8 before going to work somewhere else besides the Saskatchewan farm he grew up on. That said, he encouraged us to read and learn, purchasing a set of "World Book Encyclopedia" for us kids when he really couldn't afford to do so. As I grew and developed a passion for western history, he began to read the same books as I was and we'd discuss various things that we'd learned about the area or people we'd been reading about. He used to tell me, "If you're not learning something Dwayne, best look around - as you're likely dead!" All that to say sir, I read and continue to read a whole lot and have grown to love journeyman level usage of our language. When I entered the work force, I wasn't the biggest, brightest or fastest ever sir - but - I could articulate what I knew about the subject at hand in such a way that the listener could understand and that ability served me well throughout various jobs. At one point among my daily tasks were corresponding with medical staff, various government agencies and different professionals. In doing so, I quickly learned that if I communicated in a precise way - sometimes using words specific to that trade and situation - the company I worked for received markedly better results. Startlingly so in fact at times sir. In summary then, I'd respectfully turn the question around and ask, "Why would anyone not want to expand their vocabulary and learn new words?" If someone posts a word or phrase I have to look up, I personally think that's a high point as I get to learn something and then I can remember Dad and his favorite phrase for me. As always sir, there's many roads to Mecca and this was just one Canuck's way of attempting to navigate through life, nothing more. All the best to you and your fine family. Dwayne
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GOFUCKYOURSELF hows that for big word?
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GOFUCKYOURSELF hows that for big word? That’s actually 3 words, you retard. Grins 🦫 PS No better 3 words ever said here on the Fire...But, I digress.
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Not everyone can be a sophistical rhetorician, inebriated with the exuberance of their own verbosity…
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While many here may not have an extensive vocabulary, there’s definitely several gifted with an egotistical imagination that can at all times command an interminable and inconsistent series of arguments to malign an opponent and to glorify themselves…
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Around here I will try not to use big words and speak slow .
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While many here may not have an extensive vocabulary, there’s definitely several gifted with an egotistical imagination that can at all times command an interminable and inconsistent series of arguments to malign an opponent and to glorify themselves… By God.
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Try to get it done in as few words as possible. Beer whiskey, sex, food. Fixed it... Ed
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Never use aa big word when a diminutive one will do as well.
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