Re:Cleartext: A text editor that only allows the 1,000 most ...
by WalterBright on Wednesday April 06, 2016 @05:24PM
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> This is the problem with intelligentsia, they want to sound intelligent, using "heavy hitter" words.
Some people insert heavy hitter words into their speech in order to sound more intelligent. It comes across as unnatural and awkward, though.
But people who have acquired large vocabularies organically, by being around people who talk that way or by reading a lot, use it naturally and unthinkingly. And then there are authors and such who use language like a painter uses color. English is a very rich language, and if you want to paint a rich scene with words, there is quite a palette to choose from. Would you tell a painter he can only use primary colors?
Some people insert heavy hitter words into their speech in order to sound more intelligent. It comes across as unnatural and awkward, though.
But people who have acquired large vocabularies organically, by being around people who talk that way or by reading a lot, use it naturally and unthinkingly. And then there are authors and such who use language like a painter uses color. English is a very rich language, and if you want to paint a rich scene with words, there is quite a palette to choose from. Would you tell a painter he can only use primary colors?