If you've got it.. flaunt it..

I don't see why people should have to dumb themselves down for the benefit of others.

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Originally posted by tupps:
If you've got it.. flaunt it..

I'm laffing , ya buga...checks the bit of me that is sooo like Bea, (and you as I recall,) then double checks HIRA

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Originally posted by Mathematics:
I don't see why people should have to dumb themselves down for the benefit of others.

Me either..be yourself is what I say! got me into trouble more times than often but hey-ho!

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Originally posted by Mathematics:
I don't see why people should have to dumb themselves down for the benefit of others.

Indeed!

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Originally posted by Mathematics:
I don't see why people should have to dumb themselves down for the benefit of others.

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Originally posted by Mathematics:
I don't see why people should have to dumb themselves down for the benefit of others.

Agreed and if you do aren't you sort of patronising them?

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Originally posted by squiggle:

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Originally posted by Mathematics:
I don't see why people should have to dumb themselves down for the benefit of others.

Agreed and if you do aren't you sort of patronising them?

And how easy is it to access google and the hundreds of web dictionarys out there ... sheer laziness if you ask me

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Originally posted by squiggle:

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Originally posted by Mathematics:
I don't see why people should have to dumb themselves down for the benefit of others.

Agreed and if you do aren't you sort of patronising them?

Oh get you wiv yer long silly bubble words .

Its up to charlie to start to learn, ask what they mean or look them up we all had to at some point (and still do ).

Rodrigo asks all the time and his language will improve unlike Charlie. I expect Rodrigo sounds very well educated in Portugese and Charlie would hate him...ironic really.

I get what you're saying Super. Not so much the use of words, as opposed to the taking the 'michael' out of people that don't or can't.

I don't stress too much about how I express myself on here. I'm very aware that I've picked up some shockingly lazy habits, because it's quicker to type stuff like "wanna/gonna/cos" etc - especially on a fast moving thread. I also know my that spelling can be atrocious on here, but that's usually because I keep forgetting to put on my specs

BUT in RL I'm completely different. I'm very proud of my education and I always try my best to speak (and especially write) correctly in English. I'm not the kind of person to regard knowledge and intelligence as something to be ashamed of. As a "forrin burd" for me the English language is the most beautiful language in the world, and I love to hear it spoken well.

I'm not ranting, btw But, whilst I'll point and laugh at BB HMs along with everyone else, it does sadden me a little to see how the vast majority of them are completely unfazed by how little they know, or how badly they speak.

so its beas fault that david is thick and that charlie dosent understand big words?

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Originally posted by Gel:

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Originally posted by squiggle:

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Originally posted by Mathematics:
I don't see why people should have to dumb themselves down for the benefit of others.

Agreed and if you do aren't you sort of patronising them?

And how easy is it to access google and the hundreds of web dictionarys out there ... sheer laziness if you ask me

I tell you what Gel, with the aid of Google Translate me and several other FM's were conversing fluently in German and several other languages on here recently

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Originally posted by jamieboy:
so its beas fault that david is thick and that charlie dosent understand big words?

I agree people shouldn't have to dumb down for the sake of others but I also feel nobody should be belittled simply because they don't understand big words or have a thesaurus handy.

Sometimes on here and in RL I feel like screaming "just because you use big words doesn't make you right"

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Originally posted by Cagney:
I agree people shouldn't have to dumb down for the sake of others but I also feel nobody should be belittled simply because they don't understand big words or have a thesaurus handy.

Sometimes on here and in RL I feel like screaming "just because you use big words doesn't make you right"

That's very WORD-IST of you! Ya vile jellus bullerrrrrrh!

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Originally posted by evviva!:

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Originally posted by Cagney:
I agree people shouldn't have to dumb down for the sake of others but I also feel nobody should be belittled simply because they don't understand big words or have a thesaurus handy.

Sometimes on here and in RL I feel like screaming "just because you use big words doesn't make you right"

That's very WORD-IST of you! Ya vile jellus bullerrrrrrh!

I can't help if I don't talk proper and get confused at big words

I'm from Glasgow and we have a whole language of our own so I shouldn't really complain