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> All of you who want to sound either more "well read", or more native, this website will lead you astray. I wholeheartedly agree that excessive and unnecessar
by Daub 4y ago
> All of you who want to sound either more "well read", or more native, this website will lead you astray.
I wholeheartedly agree that excessive and unnecessary verbiage can be a tiresome impediment to the clear transmission of ideas.
That being said ‘the more words you know, the more things you can say’ as my old English teacher used to say. A wide vocabulary is particularly useful when addressing complex subjects.
- KaiserPro 4y agoyou're right of course. I should have been more clear. building vocab is _awesome_ everyone who can, should do it. but learning when to use those fancy new words is _more_ important. Getting good source material is key to that.
- the_only_law 4y agoSee: this thread even.
- throwamon 4y agoI know this dude who can say anything you can think of using only two words.
- Daub 4y agoNo shit?
- noasaservice 4y agoHell yeah.
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- BeFlatXIII 4y agoIs he German?
- foobarbecue 4y agowhat ever
- yellowapple 4y ago> That being said ‘the more words you know, the more things you can say’ as my old English teacher used to say And also the fewer people who can understand what you say.
- arinlen 4y ago> That being said ‘the more words you know, the more things you can say’ as my old English teacher used to say. Sure, you can say more things. That's great, if your goal is to talk a lot without caring if anyone else around you is listening to what you're saying.
- Daub 4y agoLanguage should be task-appropriate. I teach computational aesthetics which would be impossible with the same bucket of words I use to go shopping for apples.