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Re:Nonnative English speakers share their gripes about speak... by 35fbe7d3d5b9 on Thursday May 20, 2021 @01:30PM (#27224236)
The concept of "U English" vs. "non-U English" was written about in the '50s. Don't say "pardon?", say "what?" or you'll be marked as a commoner ;)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U_and_non-U_English

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Re:Nonnative English speakers share their gripes about speak... by pmoriarty on Thursday May 20, 2021 @01:35PM (#27224311)
The US has had a long history of anti-intellctualism[1], and in the 1950's "egghead" was popularized as a term of abuse against intellectuals.[2]

It's possible that the popular disdain towards the use of long words in the US is related to this anti-intellectual attitude.

[1] - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-intellectualism_in_Americ...

[2] - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egghead

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