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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Sometimes these folks are from a low-income background and I think they think that big words make them sound educated. And they don't have the confidence to use simple words because they're afraid people will judge them - which they might.

Growing up in a professional upper middle class home gives you the freedom to not use big words.[/quote]

That's a ridiculous statement. I agree that growing up in that environment might give you the self confidence not to try too hard and to prove yourself all the time, but it also can provide the kind of education that leads to a big, useful, precise, nuanced vocabulary where you can use "big" words properly without thinking too much about it. I can't stand it when we dumb down the culture, or politics, or anything else and act like that's a virtue. We teach our kids more than 100 words for a reason. Sounding thoughtful and well educated ( or even just sounding like someone who loves vocabulary instead so sports or fashion or anything else) shouldn't  be equated with pretention or insecurity. [/quote]

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