eh, it's not a contest. I'm just saying though that I don't see this. But I am probably one of the people that you think do this.
On Wed, Jun 4, 2008 at 2:00 PM, Crow T. Robot <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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:261308 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
