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While "big" words can be more explicit and exacting in their meaning, they become useless when "talking over the recipient's head" , so to speak.
So I try to speak in a common manner, whenever possible.
Simple is mostly good, and understandable to more folk.

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Originally Posted by P_Weed
What's another word for Thesaurus?

Try out onomasticon.

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"All this exactness and precision are useless when trying to get a point across to my wife. It is folly to try."

I wish mine would learn to use nouns and remember the names of things.

Sometimes it goes something like this:

"When are you going to fix that dangly thing?"

What dangly thing?

The one in the bedroom.

Our bedroom?

Yes.

Where is it?

I told you, it's in the bedroom.

Where? In the master bath?

No.

In the closet?

No.

Which wall is it on? North, South, East, or West?

I don't know directions in there.

Is it across from the bed?

No.

On your side or mine?

Yours."

At this point I can go in there and look for a danglyy thing that needs some sort of fix...... smile




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Originally Posted by mark shubert
While "big" words can be more explicit and exacting in their meaning, they become useless when "talking over the recipient's head" , so to speak.
So I try to speak in a common manner, whenever possible.
Simple is mostly good, and understandable to more folk.


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People think it makes them sound smart.



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Originally Posted by efw
I find the many folks I run into these days who use the “f” word every 5 seconds to be more annoying myself.


Five years ago I found the "f" word to be perhaps the most commonly used word in the Republic of Ireland, might be I was hanging around the lower sort of Irish.


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

Easy way to frighten and confuse the great unwashed....


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