While I rarely show it here, I do have a decent vocabulary. My comment (made in jest really) was just trying to point out that some people here, when they are trying to make an argument in which sounding more educated will help make their point, they go over the top with the vocabulary.
It's just funny, that's all. I'm certainly not one of those people who puts people down 'cause they are S-M-R-T. I am one of those geeks, albeit a more rounded one than most. On Wed, Jun 4, 2008 at 2:52 PM, Dana <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > i don'[ see why having a vocabulary has to be seen as trying to > impress people. I think most people here are past that. We know who > agrees with us and who does not. And as some of the past mega-threads > have demonstrated, number of words don't change that, not do number of > syllables. > > On Wed, Jun 4, 2008 at 1:38 PM, Crow T. Robot <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > It's kinda funny how some ppl on this list get all verbose sometimes, but > > not always. Just those times when it seems like they are trying to > impress > > us or sound extra-edumacated... > > > > > > > > On Wed, Jun 4, 2008 at 2:31 PM, Larry Lyons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > >> just because I use words of more than one syllable and don't grunt as > much > >> as the others no need to be jealous. > >> > >> >This sentence was sponsored by Roget's Thesaurus. > >> > > >> > > >> >"I find it rather sad that instead of debating ideas many republicans > and > >> >those to the right of center use insults and invective. it really does > >> >indicate a paucity of ideas, and a willingness to use rancor instead of > >> >debate." > >> > >> > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;192386516;25150098;k Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:261305 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
