Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · edit-29 hours agoHow come people don't compliment other people on great word usage? If someone use the word lets say ecclesiastical or something like that they do not get complimented it shows they respect English.message-squaremessage-square40fedilinkarrow-up113arrow-down111file-text
arrow-up12arrow-down1message-squareHow come people don't compliment other people on great word usage? If someone use the word lets say ecclesiastical or something like that they do not get complimented it shows they respect English.Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · edit-29 hours agomessage-square40fedilinkfile-text
minus-square🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 🇮 @pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·9 hours agoBecause 9 times out of 10, using big words doesn’t make you sound smart; it makes you sound pretentious.
minus-square𝕱𝖎𝖗𝖊𝖜𝖎𝖙𝖈𝖍@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·9 hours agoThey’re often used incorrectly as direct synonyms too, with no nuance as to the subtle differences between them
minus-squareStrider@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·9 hours agoIt absolutely does. Still this act itself is a presumption based on thinking it being so, but it could simply be that that person just has a different vocabulary and word usage. Yes I am no fun at parties and humans are so complicated it sucks.
Because 9 times out of 10, using big words doesn’t make you sound smart; it makes you sound pretentious.
They’re often used incorrectly as direct synonyms too, with no nuance as to the subtle differences between them
It absolutely does. Still this act itself is a presumption based on thinking it being so, but it could simply be that that person just has a different vocabulary and word usage.
Yes I am no fun at parties and humans are so complicated it sucks.