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04 Apr 2008, 6:34 am

i have a big vocabulary and this makes it hard to talk to anyone face to face, i know words that even some adults dont know of. 8O, do any of you get this problem often?



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04 Apr 2008, 7:34 am

yep, the only one who still has a bigger vocabulary then me is my mother( I can never beat her at scrabble)



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04 Apr 2008, 7:34 am

Yes, I know this is getting old but they misconstrue me all the time.


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04 Apr 2008, 8:22 am

No, actually mine is quite limited, and I always feel like I don't have enough tools to adequatly get my ideas across.


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04 Apr 2008, 1:10 pm

My vocabulary is quite big, but I limit myself when talking to other people.



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04 Apr 2008, 6:55 pm

To quote one of my husband's friends, "Speak English, woman!" I've had people ask me to define words that I use. I've also had someone accuse me of making words up.

Tact, lulled, soporific and schwa yeah... I made those up. :lol:



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04 Apr 2008, 7:05 pm

mine is fairly limited also, by choice, I know the words, but don't like to show off, I don't think it impresses anyone except yourself.



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04 Apr 2008, 7:58 pm

SilverProteus wrote:
No, actually mine is quite limited, and I always feel like I don't have enough tools to adequatly get my ideas across.


I feel the same way. I do have a bigger vocabulary than most people but I still find it inadequate for expressing my level of intelligence. It feels arrogant to say that but I think it’s true.



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04 Apr 2008, 8:00 pm

I am an insouciant recidivist, but I don't allow it to infarct the disambiguation of my ideology.
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04 Apr 2008, 8:03 pm

Yes. I have always done very well on vocabulary tests.



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04 Apr 2008, 8:06 pm

i enjoy talking with you all 8) :D



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04 Apr 2008, 9:19 pm

I, too, have a large vocabulary. Makes me sound like a pompous a$$, but I don't care.


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04 Apr 2008, 11:16 pm

I also have a big vocabulary. I used to flaunt it, in order to get people to see how intelligent, I really am. I just use it, when the mood strikes me, now.


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04 Apr 2008, 11:36 pm

I tell jokes at work, and then have to do footnotes ! !

My vocabs too big for 'normies' ! !


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05 Apr 2008, 1:26 am

One stereotype of Americans I've often heard from foreigners is that a lot of us go to other countries and expect everybody to speak and understand english.

I think it's about the same with vocabulary ranges within the same language. No sense expecting people to understand you when they don't.

Big words don't mean you're smart, or even skilled with language. Take a look at some really good literature, poetry especially, and see how much they use fancy words hardly anybody understands.

Like E.B. White and Strunk said in the classic, The Elements of Style, "Never use a twenty dollar word when there's a twenty five center handy."

Okay, I gotta admit, I share your vice. It is nice running language directly from the brain to the mouth without censorship. I just don't do it all the time. Depends on who I'm talking to.


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05 Apr 2008, 2:58 am

I have a very large vocabulary (probably because I read a lot) and it really helped me on the SAT verbal when I took it :)