*shrug* James is the one that said it should be put to the membership, Tiassa.
You don't get it, do you?
You don't get what you've done?
*shrug* James is the one that said it should be put to the membership, Tiassa.
You don't get it, do you?
You don't get what you've done?
If, however, you feel putting it to the forum as a whole was a bad idea™
Why not respond with a page when a paragraph will do.
They say a mind is a terrible thing to waste but so is a "learn a word a day calendar"Sesquipedalian Loquaciousness comes to mind.
Sesquipedalian Loquaciousness comes to mind.
Haha...or too accurate. Gaslighting was a favorite ban to threaten at one time from this poster as well.
Well that caused to me to look and this is the first thing I found at tvtropes.com
Sesquipedalian: A long word, or characterized by the use of long words. From the Latin roots meaning "a foot and a half long."
Loquaciousness: That would be garrulousness, verboseness, effusiveness. How about "chattiness"?
A predilection by the intelligentsia to engage in the manifestation of prolix exposition through a buzzword disposition form of communication notwithstanding the availability of more comprehensible, punctiliously applicable, diminutive alternatives. Also known as "gross verbosity". Related to this is the use of inkhorn terms, loanwords from a foreign origin that are pretentious to an average speaker.
In brief: "smart" characters using long words when short ones would be better, especially when they are also motor mouths. Characters afflicted with this trait often seem to go out of their way to over-complicate their speech, probably because writers think that this is the only way to show that someone is more intelligent than the average writer. This could also be the trait of a particularly anal-retentive character who always has to be right, the trait extending so far that the character always has to use exactly the right word — never using "blue" when "azure" or "indigo" or even "royal blue" would be more accurate, for example.
Occasionally such characters may drop the long words if things get particularly dire, to emphasize just how bad things are (in the same way as a Sarcasm Failure). Alternatively, they may get even more wordy as they get more emotional, leading to increasingly detailed but ultimately incoherent ranting that falls too easily into wangst. Frequently another character will respond with something like "Wouldn't it be easier to just [whatever the brainy person said, in layman's terms]?" or "And [layman's terms version], too!" In The United States, when someone really has no idea what the person says, they'll say something like, "Could you repeat that in plain ol' Galveston English?"
Williams Syndrome can lead to this kind of behavior. People with Asperger Syndrome and some forms of Dyslexia may do this in an attempt to be as precise as possible, ironically making themselves harder to understand.
The Narcissist, The Paranoiac, and other less-than-pleasant personalities may engage in this as well, often to try and convince others - or themselves - that they are smarter than most people. On a more sinister level, it can also be used as a form of verbal Gaslighting, in order to confuse, swamp, and manipulate the receiver so that a particular end may be met. The Con Man sometimes makes use of this trope too when passing off as a professional or an expert in their apparent "field", duping others into thinking that the only reason they don't understand what he/she is selling is that they are smarter than them or that they can trust them, when in fact they are spouting nonsense and looking to take advantage of their ignorance.
While maintaining a strong endeavor to avoid flogging a deceased equuine, err I mean trying hard not to beat a dead horse, in some cases technical jargon is necessary to be understood, but in too many cases a person doesn't consider that the audience is not that technically inclined and a simpler, although less precise description would work just as well.
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Perhaps you have been too unkind.
Alex
It's not.Sliding off topic but my approach is to be as simple in my speech as possible in order to be, hopefully, more widely understood.
I told someone that I was pragmatic and they though I had a medical condition.
When I enter real estate I had to reduce my vocabulary in order to be effective.
I do think it is a challenge to use simple every day words.
Rather than say I am pragmatic I now say "I am a nuts and bolts kinda guy" but still some will think that I am a mechanic.
When speaking face to face I take great care to look for the others meaning which often can be different to the words they use.
However I personally enjoy reading most everything Tiassa writes I find his style very good.
Alex
I like that and I like his books as well.To each their own - I rather like this quote:
A designer knows he has achieved perfection not when there is nothing left to add, but when there is nothing left to take away. Antoine de Saint-Exupery
''Let it die I say. It deserves it''. So, who here is forcing MR to start more threads and continuing to reply to posts? S/he wants to go. Forever theThat's why this forum is dying. It's like trying to have a relaxed conversation on a battlefield with a target on your back. Let it die I say. It deserves it.
If non-existence of SciFo is what you want, then all you have to do is unbookmark it.Let it die I say.
With MR, I think it's something to do with...The roar of the greasepaint, the smell of the crowd. Limelight.If non-existence of SciFo is what you want, then all you have to do is unbookmark it.
How any of that constitutes "framing this community in such a manner that presupposes its members not intelligent or capable enough to properly handle matters historical or literary", I am unsure. I am not, as you say, "framing this community as a bunch of fucking morons."
But, of course, you are welcome to interpret it however you wish.