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well that's just pretentious.

• orenmazor 15y ago
  I'm not sure why I'm being downvoted. it bugs me when people intentionally use relatively obscure words to make themselves sound important. also, what happened to the edit option? edit: apparently I can edit this comment, but not the other one. can we not edit comments that have negative karma now?
  • egypturnash 15y ago
    In my experience, most people who use "relatively obscure words" are doing it to provide a precise nuance, not to "sound important". What's the point of accumulating a large vocabulary through years of reading if you eschew certain words as being "pretentious"?
    • Zev 15y ago
      Can you explain how "a summary" would have failed to convey the same level of precision as "a précis" gives?
  • prodigal_erik 15y ago
    You can only edit comments written in the last hour or two.
• calpaterson 15y ago
  Sorry, wasn't aware that it was unusual, re: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2493566 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2493566