People Who Try To Look Posh
by using big words.

The rule is:

"Never use a big word when a diminutive one will suffice"


/Nods to I anglepoise.....


Cheers
( Legless Mister Stabby - shanks for the memory, Thu 23 Oct 2008, 1:07, 7 replies)

:)
Nice one
( enoughblueskyforsailorstrousers, Thu 23 Oct 2008, 1:25, closed)

i concur
well said
( Azathoth thinks my name isn't so bad..., Thu 23 Oct 2008, 2:58, closed)

i must
Endorse the above respondants narrative.
(welgar, Thu 23 Oct 2008, 7:28, closed)

so would it not be better to say
Never use a Brobdingnagian word where a small one would suffice
( spimf ™ is whoever you want him to be, Thu 23 Oct 2008, 7:29, closed)

surely
that should be

"Never use a Brobdingnagian word where a Blefuscan would suffice"

?
(Halfy By light alone, Thu 23 Oct 2008, 8:46, closed)

Wrong again
it's

'Never use a Brobdingnagian word where a Liliputian would suffice.'
(Juan Quar is clinging to her front teeth on, Thu 23 Oct 2008, 9:24, closed)

The same applies in work situations
when writing letters.

I have worked in insurance for a few years and the number of people I know who try to sound "professional" by writing like a 1950's politician, boggles my mind.

Say, for example, a customer sends us something in the post. I'd send a letter back that would probably start:

"Dear Mr Kebabs, Thank you for your letter dated 18th October....."

Whereas some of my "intelligent" colleagues would write something like:

"Dear Sirs, Further to your correspondence of 18/10/08 we write to confirm safe receipt of the above...."

1. No one talks like that any more
2. No member of the public enjoys reading shit like that
3. It doesn't make you "posh" you orange faced slag.
(brainwrong, Thu 23 Oct 2008, 8:19, closed)