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"Mr Bartender, a moment of you time, sir."

In another thread, you wrote this:

"My intellect, such as it is, is a cherished gift, and not a weapon. If I use big words like "peon" and "fool" to bewilder people, the bewilderment is there because they are stupid, and not because I am smart."

Now I would just like to point something out:

Peon and fool aren't actually big words. They are only 4 letters each.

Up to the end of the last sentence, I used 16 words that were longer than 4 letters. I would also assume that there is a fair number of other words, which are also longer then 4 letters.

Suffice to say that I think you need to increase the scale of your big words because, quite frankly, some of them aren't.

SHEEPY wrote:
> When telling my uncle of my Uni courses next year he went into a ten
> minute rant of how students were the lazy, scum of the earth and they
> should all be sent down a mine to show what work was like.
>
> He works as a civil servant

Nice one. Civil servants are the laziest people I've had the good fortune to meet. That's why they employ lazier temps; to try and make themselves look good.

Heh, student are lazy. That's the whole point of being a student, can't be bothered doing much of anything really, as long as keep passing my subjects without any bother, I'll get a decently paid job....... someday.

As for big words, I don't have the time to stop and think about what I'm saying, so I'll keep it simple and let other argue over the intricacies of the English language, and how to spell things properly. Any jib from these people who care, and I'll just confuse you with some broad Dundonian straight out of a jute mill.

When telling my uncle of my Uni courses next year he went into a ten minute rant of how students were the lazy, scum of the earth and they should all be sent down a mine to show what work was like.

He works as a civil servant

...eating into our taxes and contributing nothing to our society! Damn those students!

*conveniently forgets that he was a student once*

Damn dirty students.

Possibly. I just got a refund cheque on my student loan so I'm not my usual lethargic self, and actually feel fit to do something positive. Which I er.. am not actually doing at the moment, but I will do before the day is out.

RM18 wrote:
> I didn't need spellcheck - just a brain.
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*raises eyebrow*

You're feeling feisty this morning.
Did you have a nice dream that made you feel soggy this morning?

It's funnier when thick people try to use big words to make themselves look clever. I fail at it all the time.

I didn't need spellcheck - just a brain.

RM18 wrote:
> Goatboy wrote:
> Onomatapia is a big word.
>
> It's even longer if you spell it properly...
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Well excuse me Captain Spellcheck.

I'll be sure to feel bad just as soon as I care.