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Originally Posted by stevo
Just because one uses large words does not necessarily make them any smarter, it only means they've invested more resources into building thier vocabulary. While others, may decide to invest more in somthing like math, computer science, or economics, than history or english. Why use a big word when a small one will suffice?
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I never meant to imply that a larger vocabulary makes you smarter. But if you want to understand roachboy's posts, you're going to have to deal with a larger vocabulary than most people have. That's just the way it is.
As to the purpose of using bigger words - that is obvious, having a larger vocabulary enables you to convey more meaning. A group of basic words do not have nearly the detail of meaning as a group of more complex words. This goes directly to roachboys comment, to which I emphatically agree, that message boards are even more difficult mediums to convey meaning than a conversation or an essay.
tecoyah - There is no problem here.