EARTH TO EARTH
I know strange title
have you ever heard the term Earth to then you say someone's name cause they seem to be not in touch with what you are saying. In all my years here on the Blog's I have seen some well educated people and in great positions I really mean great and I am proud for you cause you worked and earned it.
I dropped out of day school cause I hated it and stayed a lot in detention
but I did go to night school and got my diploma. Now I feel here on the blog's like It is highly educated verse educated. Please don't take this in the wrong way.I am just curious.Just asking, do some people use real fancy words to impress others of there education or is that just the real you. for myself if you use a word past 6 letters I have to look it up to see what you said
For you who are well educated please never change,,maybe I will catch up with you someday.
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English is a second language to me and I'm very pleased when somebody uses a word I don't know yet. For that is the way I learn. But the vocabulary is just a component (is that too long a word
What is also noticeable is the incorrect usage of words like there/their, to/too etc.
I don't think using long and fancy words tell us anything. It is rather how the speaker uses even simple words. Are the words in the right sequence ( the syntax) and are the tenses, declensions, punctuation, prepositions etc (the grammar) correct? And does he understand and use idioms and expressions? the richness of a language is here. Anybody can learn a lot of words but you need to know how to use those words.
I speak and write as I can and appreciate it if people correct me when I speak incorrectly.
Am I talking too much again?
To use big words
Reading expands ones' vocabulary
I am not educated , but I read lol
You are a professor well educated and proud for you but me as not educated words go over my head sometimes. but I do no this, that is my fought and mine only
One would know they are not putting on a show to create an impression for anyone .
Then it may have some people using big words , but they do not know the meaning .
But I think the most important part is , getting your point across .
There are many of us who could speak but we cannot write properly . just my thoughts .
Many English words are way over my head but I don't allow them to defeat me. I look them up to get the meaning.
And Annlee is right. Reading is the best way to learn new words. As long as you have a lexicon
Btw
I'm highly intoxicated by the exuberance of your existence and if you don't seize this abundable attitude I'll be forced to horizontalize you perpendicular pretensions.
And if the appropriate word is more than 6 letters long, then so be it
As for using fancy words just to impress someone, never tried to impress anyone.I choose to be only me.
"Ground Control"
"To Major Wenny"
"Can You Hear Me Major Wenny?".......................
this is just a question,, do you think some use words to impress
No, yes they do.
I have seen big words put into nonsensical sentences, just to prove the author knows them, but it actually has the opposite effect.
As long as sentences are clearly written, it doesn't matter the size of the words.
But English is a very rich language, and sometimes the appropriate word just happens to be long. Such is life
Thank you for your comment, and most was under 6 letters
I love the English language, so there is always the possibility of a long word, even a 2 or 3 syllable one
The likes of Crazy; Mimi; Kal; Cat and others. It is easy to forget that English is not their mother tongue.
Their level is often better than those whose mother tongue is English. They rarely make either grammatical or vocabulary errors.
Dang makes me feel worst now, they speak with such elegance .
Must have some affect I said a word over 6 letters
Thank you Molly for your comments
I love if somebody uses a word I wouldn't be familiar with. I always look up its exact meaning, so I can use it if needs be in the future.
And on that note, I will leave you
Anywho! I went to School and College. I learned bigger words. But! In my opinion. The bigger words doesn't ready mean much when you're talking to someone that do not understand those words. There are different types of bigger words. For example; Bigger words used in medical terms, Lawyer field and other professional field. But! For each professional, does not mean that two different people with different professional understand the other ones bigger words. Most likely because both of them study bigger words differently because those bigger words lines up with them only in their line of study. / Field.
After College! I was not interested in my major/ Field. I ended up being interested in Law Enforcement line of work. As a 911 Telecommunicator/ Dispatch. Having to learn there bigger words, Small words/ language. And talking by codes, depending on who I/ We is talking to. So! Words just depends! But just knowing bigger/ professional words, does not make a person more then another person.
This pass monday my sister in-law went to the Emergency Room because she had Pneumonia or the Flu. An Hour after she were there. Her lungs collapsed and she when into a Coma. And as of today! She is still in a Coma. Her daughter is a RN Nurse. My brother is not in a Medical Field of work. So! My niece/ which is my sister in-law daughter, has to explain things to him daily. Because he do not understand the doctors language/ Words. And she as a RN Nurse, Understand what the doctors is saying.
PS. No matter if the words are bigger. Just Remember This! There is always someone that can tell you what those bigger words means. Oh! And Google can tell you to!.....
Yes, some people do what you said. Here and everywhere. I´m sure about that.
I´m very limited in english, as it´s obvious, I feel extremely frustrated most of the time but ....I do not have options, languages are tough for me.
Spanish, is a million times richer than english and my full education and cuture comes in that language so I´m almost a different person using it LOL.
My best friend (for more than 25 years and counting) says she still needs a dictionary to understand what I say hahahaha I do not do it for showing off (as I speak sleeping same way
I do not consider anyone more or less "important" due to words that person use or not...it´s quite opposite to my way of thinking.
My ex husband (one of the smartest people I know if not the most) used to say that culture doesn´t have anything to do with lingo but with reasoning ....I believe that and also believe that being a good person is not related to degrees or expressions....but the size of your heart and how you treat others..
Considering this, yours my friend, is HUGE...(as far as I know lol!)
Once again prayers for sister in law and you and family
My ex husband (one of the smartest people I know if not the most) used to say that culture doesn´t have anything to do with lingo but with reasoning ....I believe that and also believe that being a good person is not related to degrees or expressions....but the size of your heart and how you treat others..
Yep! In my real life. I kind of still talk like that now. I have to catch myself! And try to speak another way.
Thanks! For Your Prayers.
And we are hanging in there....
@Bearwoman, considering this ...I think I was lucky though because I did same thing twice LOL my Mute-ex-husbands
But now you have me thinking. There is no point in writing if your readers cannot understand what you are trying to say. Big words are relative to the readers. I write the same words that I use when I talk. What some see as normal words may appear as very fancy words to others.
But fancy words are not the only problem. I tend to use too long sentences which also make reading difficult.
And that brings me to my question. Do I use a lot of words that you don't understand? You are a regular visitor to my blog. Do you have difficulty to read what I write because of the words I use?
Molly
For being so nice to MiMi, you'd get to share my yummy cupcake!
Look!!! You're in luck, it even has got my teeth marks on it!
I studied up to high-school only, in a Malay medium school. What little knowledge of English I've learnt at school was not sufficient for me to survive on and that's why I was just a blardy waitress!
Also, coupled with the fact I was not overly ambitious and had ( in fact still am ) a lackadaisical attitude?
strange = 7 letters
someone's = 8 letters?
educated = 8 letters
detention = 9 letters
positions = 9 letters
education = 9 letters
.. the list goes on and on..
You used those more-than-six-letters on this blog.