People Who Use Long Words

[Zauls]

Whilst procrastinating, I happened upon this rather enticing video, in which the argument is put forward that using language in such a manner to attempt be perceived as intellectual is often nothing more than a farce, detrimental to the intelligibility of any argument raised or sentence uttered.

 

[Northern Sage]

Those glottal stops though. Sorry, pauses in place of a t sound in some english dialects.

I'm stalling because I don't want to admit how guilty I am of this.

[Fusion X. Denver]

Interesting point. Just don't end up on the other end of the spectrum.

[Slinky]

the best part of that video is the "inchoate" part. I just burst into tears with laughing.

 

idk what it means, nor care to know, but it just sounds so funny.

[Flash Flyer - Sakura]

In general (for English purposes), if the simplest word is sufficient enough to convey what you mean, then just use it. Don't expect that someone frequently reads the dictionary or  thesaurus and know what you're talking about with long words. Or yes, technical jargon in certain fields of work, because people aren't going to understand what you're saying.

 

Depending on the language though, some words are long (and whether you hate it or not, there isn't a shorter alternative). Name of our state fish in native languages is one of those cases, among other things.

[Zauls]

I think most people are guilty of this, more when writing/typing than when speaking, since you have more time to think of/google said long words. I think a lot of "long words" are helpful to try and get a point across, but should be used only when appropriate. The area where this is a real problem is teaching. When academics try to explain a point, they get really pretentious just because they want to gain prestige, but the students studying their work will find it way more difficult than it should be. It's honestly one of the reasons I left my degree. The pretension was such a turn-off.

[Toffee.]

Being in possession of a self-entitled higher form of vocabulary with your selection of given words holds a very minimal degree of showcasing one's own intellectual persona.

 

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If you want to try and use bigger words, then by all means do so; nothing is stopping you; doesn't make you a smarter person.

[Ryusei the Morning Star]

Right?

[epicmemesbro]

I have a feeling that people think I come across as some snobby know-it-all with a British accent based on the way I write my posts. But i'm not trying to. Thing is I was taught the English language in this manner, so i use words of that nature.

[IQuitDolphin]

The introduction of complicated vocabulary into our auditory communication has deteriorated our knowledge, rather than promoting it. When we converse with complicated phrases in a deplorable attempt to demonstrate our intellect, we immediately become enamored with an onslaught of problems. The largest issue is that, to the average citizen, our speech sounds little more than cacophony, In order to resolve this phenomenon, I propose we decrease the magnitude of our vocabulary, so we do not appear to be overly sophisticated.

 

In short, keep it elementary, with a minimal amount of obscure vocabulary.

 

Note: I do not mean to discombobulate with my statement.

[cr47t]

The introduction of complicated vocabulary into our auditory communication has deteriorated our knowledge, rather than promoting it. When we converse with complicated phrases in a deplorable attempt to demonstrate our intellect, we immediately become enamored with an onslaught of problems. The largest issue is that, to the average citizen, our speech sounds little more than cacophony, In order to resolve this phenomenon, I propose we decrease the magnitude of our vocabulary, so we do not appear to be overly sophisticated.

 

In short, keep it elementary, with a minimal amount of obscure vocabulary.

 

Note: I do not mean to discombobulate with my statement.

Just don't shorten it too much, but yeah, I get your point. I agree with it, too. I think it's good to try and keep your language and choice of words commonly understandable.

[vla1ne]

I use larger words out of habit. i hate using the same words over and over again when i speak, so i often switch from synonym to synonym simply because it makes my sentences feel better (to me at least). i do try to keep things as simple as practical if i need to explain something important though.

[Sixty]

i have a few "poets" i work with. just speak like a normal guy you ducks