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When people are having a complex conversation and someone uses a big fancy word… | |
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@futurebird I had something similar to that with a non-native English speaker i… | |
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Because people feel OK using big words, and asking about them and it's not … | |
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@futurebird I probably could have stopped at "a stream is a small river&qu… | |
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@futurebird This idea was wandering around the same neighborhood. (https://xkcd… | |
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@alakest @futurebird > "What do you mean 10.000???" > "You… | |
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@joligoms @alakest @futurebird Is this like getting your steps, they used to sa… | |
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@futurebird Pronunciations are part of this for me. There is a special place in… | |
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@Kalshann @futurebird Some lady on “this old house” presenting a new type o… | |
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@futurebird How do we drain the twitter teaching that interpersonal relations a… | |
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@kevinrns @futurebird requires a multifaceted approach imo; one part may be exp… | |
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@Kalshann @futurebird “Never make fun of someone if they mispronounce a word.… | |
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@futurebird This. 💯 | |
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@kevinrns @futurebird This is spot on | |
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@TransitBiker @futurebird One of my friends had a moment with 'epitome'… | |
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@futurebird I only had that happen once in a big fancy meeting, when in an answ… | |
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@futurebird Documentary footage on this very subject from the Eighteenth Centur… | |
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@futurebird I love doing this! I work with a lot of people who speak English as… | |
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@multisn8 @futurebird Civilisation. Let's defend it as we have learned over… | |
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@futurebird I totally agree and there should be so much more of this. | |
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@alakest @futurebird I loved teaching 12 years old, that was a chance to introd… | |
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@futurebird Should be a normal moment in a normal conversation. No showing off,… | |
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@timo21 @futurebird I once had an Italian colleague (I'm French, working in… | |
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@futurebird I always try to use simple language first, and only reach for longe… | |
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@alice @futurebird Although a lot of the time the jargon is in fact shorter and… | |
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@lispi314 @alice @futurebird That's the stated purpose of Jargon, but it do… | |
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@lispi314 @alice @futurebird When I read a paper where the author uses 'met… | |
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@timo21 @futurebird There were a couple of ppl from the customer, exchanging lo… | |
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@MrBerard @futurebird @alice That's the purpose of worthless jargon.Useful … | |
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@lispi314 @alice @futurebird I understand that well, thank you, I thought I had… | |
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@lispi314 @alice @futurebird Yours is a lexical point, mine a sociological poin… | |
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@MrBerard @futurebird @alice The distinction I drew matters because in mediums … | |
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@Kalshann @futurebird The one that really highlighted this for me was “tuple�… | |
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@futurebird yes! yes for sure | |
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@lispi314 when your group all knows the jargon (or you're okay with quietly… | |
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@alice @futurebird Odd. While some people were obnoxious about not pausing for … | |
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@JeffGrigg @Kalshann @futurebird bee thov en - that was my dad's.Of course,… | |
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@Kalshann @TransitBiker @futurebird This was me with 'hyperbole' - only… | |
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@TizaneNZ @Kalshann @futurebird super-fluous. Rib-o-fla-vin. | |
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@futurebird Yes. This! This is how our world should run. | |
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@futurebird that's practically compathic!! | |
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@ketmorco @JeffGrigg @Kalshann @futurebird In my mind, epitome had 3 syllables … | |
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@PKYo @JeffGrigg @Kalshann @futurebird I used to read that as seg 🤣 | |
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@Kalshann @TransitBiker @futurebird Ah, like “Her-my-o-nee”.When I read Har… | |
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@alakest @futurebird I take issue with the idea that people are adults by 30.I&… | |
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@TizaneNZ @Kalshann @TransitBiker @futurebird Me too Took a long time to connec… | |
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@futurebird I had an embarrassing conversation once when I used the word “mon… | |
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@futurebird @alice In a group of friends not feeling safe isn't normal.A co… | |
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@zygous @Kalshann @futurebird How DO you pronounce it? I would think it was &qu… | |
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@futurebird Like myrmecology? ;) | |
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@futurebird We can be more like the characters in children's media.#Strawbe… | |
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@futurebird exactand i know the group wil have synergectic effects | |
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@alakest @futurebird @quixoticgeek I can't remember where I first came acro… |