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[Slo]

And this thread started out so well....

 

[marko]

Engineers do have research skills. Don't question something without doing research.

I am not trying to argue that. That is obvious. There are a few reasons for a person to respond to you in this manner.

A: Person thinks she is on friendly enough terms with you to write a note like that (probably not since you are posting this on a forum, and tone of her note)

B: You do use big words all the time, and many are much more difficult that litany. I could see sending a note in this case.

C: You use words of comparable difficulty as litany, and this person showed poor judgement in sending a note.

D: This is one of the few times you have used a big word. Not sure what this person was doing then, and I would definitely wonder what this person was doing.

 

[Tommie Hu$tle]

To anwser your question I think C and D are more likely. You can do a search of my posts and see if I'm someone who uses vocabulary words just to use them. That would be apparent in my style of writing.


I'm more frustrated by the response more than anything else.

 

[Dilbert]

B: You do use big words all the time, and many are much more difficult that litany. I could see sending a note in this case.

That is exactly what I DON'T understand. You make it sound like incorporating a larger vocabulary into your vernacular is something which should be apologized for, like halitosis or priapism.

 

[DaCocoBrova]

So speaking well = intelligence?

 

[Tazznum1]

halitosis?

You mean SupercalifragilisticexpialiHALITOSIS!

 

[marko]

That is exactly what I DON'T understand. You make it sound like incorporating a larger vocabulary into your vernacular is something which should be apologized for, like halitosis or priapism.

lol, funny.

I am mainly thinking work related items here. If someone wants to use big words in non work related conversations, no big deal.... If I am friends with the person, I'll give that person a hard time (unless I'm only one that does not understand). Not friends, who cares how that person talks.


But when it comes to work, you need to communicate at the appropriate level. I've seen a couple people(actually only one) like that, constantly throwing out big words talking about stuff in person and in notes. A couple times, I just thought, look, I want to understand what you are saying to get my job done without having to look in a dictionary (and yes, it was more than just me that thought that). I guess in this case, it is more a matter of communicating correctly at work.

 

[Particle Physicist]

You would have a point if I wasn't talking to fucking engineers.

hi. engineers arent known for their vocabulary skills. ......... . . . . . . .. . sorry to break it to ya.

 

[Tommie Hu$tle]

I would agree with you if you said WRITING and/or SPEAKING skills. Vocaulary, I disagree.

 

[Alucard]

Me and my friends are mostly all on the same level. If someone uses a big word, we'll just say "nice wordage there, genius" or something along those lines. We're all fairly intelligent people, but don't get snobby about it. The key is to stay grounded.

 

[Leon]

This thread is positively scrumtulescent.

 

[yoshifumi]

me no like thread

litany?

yoshifumi scratch head

rrrrrrrrljk;l

 

[jett]

Mind you I'm 30 fucking years old and I work as a systems engineer. I expect people in my age group to have a fucking passable vocabulary. We were talking about the possible fine the guy would get for the 205 MPH speeding ticket. I guessed that he would pay in total somewhere between 2k and 5k depending. I said there were a litany of laws he broke and including bail and gettting his bike out of impound and various other fines that the judge will throw on him.


I get this one girl to write back litany who why do you use words that no one can understand? This is really one of my pet peeves. I'm like if you don't know the word ask me or for chirst sakes look it up on www.dictionary.com .

GRRRRR

If I judged you by your horribly written post I wouldn't think highly of you, either.

 

[norinrad21]

Well someone please punch me in the nose for being quiet all the time because i suck at everything and cant really be bothered with people or anything around me ......i think

 

[Tommie Hu$tle]

If I judged you by your horribly written post I wouldn't think highly of you, either.

I'll admit easily that my writing is horrible. No complaints there but, if I don't know something I will look it up. And I wouldn't question someone for having the basic vocabulary of someone who graduated from a University.

 

[Leon]

And I wouldn't question someone for having the basic vocabulary of someone who graduated from a University.

Maybe she meant it as a joke?

 

[etiolate]

My cat is not evil when I'm awake. He actually tries to suffocate me when I sleep and I'm not kidding.

 

[iapetus]

I get this one girl to write back litany who why do you use words that no one can understand? This is really one of my pet peeves. I'm like if you don't know the word ask me or for chirst sakes look it up on www.dictionary.com.

GRRRRR

Which meaning of litany listed on dictionary.com did you have in mind?

1. A liturgical prayer consisting of a series of petitions recited by a leader alternating with fixed responses by the congregation.

2. A repetitive or incantatory recital.

Neither seems to fit particularly well. You might have been better off citing WordNet as your online source of knowledge.

Neither dictionary explains what "chirst sakes" means, though.

 

[J2 Cool]

nope, i pity them

 

[Fresh Prince]

Don't you hate your intelluctally inferior friends.

Hmmm.

Actually the use of the word 'litany' may not matter as long as the context in which it was used made it's meaning apparent.

 

[Joe]

its either A) elitists flock to the internet or B) elitists like to hear/see themselves speak/type.

 

[way more]

I applaud people who who them big words. I feel like my mind is in a state of atrophy from the lack of using interesting vocabulary. I blame my dumb friends.


On a side note, does your vocabulary increase when you drink?

 

[Tazznum1]

Close. He actually uses his body. Nothing like a 9 pound ball of fur blocking your airway.

 

[XS+]

Pig-headed annogance overload in this thread..

 

[ManDudeChild]

Pig-headed annogance overload in this thread..

It's aRRogance you metal vegitabel!

 

[XS+]

LOL of all the threads to make a huge typo in I pick this one.

 

[belgurdo]

God, you people argue over the stupidest fucking things...

 

[commish]

If litany is considered a big word, then I must be a vocab genius.

 

[etiolate]

I must not fear.
Fear is the mind-killer.
Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration.
I will face my fear.
I will permit it to pass over me and through me.
And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path.
Where the fear has gone there will be nothing.
Only I will remain.

 

[Gek54]

I live in Minnesota. My friends judge each other's intellect by how many NASCAR stickers you have in the rear windshield of your 4x4 pickup truck.

More is better.

:lol

I do get a little pissed off when friends try to make fun of me using 'big words' or the fact that I am in college.

 

[iapetus]

There is a growing anti-intellectualism in this country. I was in a Waffle House - I'm not proud of that - but I was hungry... I'm all alone, eating my food, and reading a book - when this waitress comes by and says, "Whut are you readin' fer?"

You know, I've never been asked that question before. God dang it, you stumped me! Not "What am I reading?". "What am I reading for?"

Well, I guess I read for a lot of reasons. One of the big ones is so I don't have to be a fucking Waffle Waitress.

Then this truck driver comes over and says, "Looks like we got us a reader here"

Am I stepping out of some intellectual closet on this one or something? I'm a reader. There, I've said it... and I feel better.

 

[Tommie Hu$tle]

I cdnuolt blveiee taht I cluod aulaclty uesdnatnrd waht I was rdanieg THE
PAOMNNEHAL PWEOR OF THE HMUAN MNID. Aoccdrnig to rscheearch at Cmabrigde
Uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the
olny iprmoatnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be in the rghit

pclae. The rset can be a taotl mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit

porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by
istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe. Amzanig hhu?

 

[Kon Tiki]

The dude that is always in my bathroom.

 

[iapetus]

Amzanig hhu?

Rrehcraeses deknubed taht a hlsuoicalley lnog tmie ago.

(simply reversing the middle section of the word causes a lot of confusion if the word's more than five or so letters long).

 

[isamu]

Maybe she meant it as a joke?

WTF...Jett is a she??? Now I think *I* have a stalker! :lol

God, you people argue over the stupidest fucking things...

 

[Loki]

I cdnuolt blveiee taht I cluod aulaclty uesdnatnrd waht I was rdanieg THE
PAOMNNEHAL PWEOR OF THE HMUAN MNID. Aoccdrnig to rscheearch at Cmabrigde
Uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the
olny iprmoatnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be in the rghit

pclae. The rset can be a taotl mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit

porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by
istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe. Amzanig hhu?

It's not that we process exclusively via whole-word recognition, but rather that the sum of the word's orthography (i.e., its iconography/physical form) likely back-propagates feedback to lower-order neurons, as per the classic connectionist (parallel-distributed processing, PDP) models. It is theorized (and strongly supported by evidence such as the above demonstration) that there are, in fact, neurons-- "nodes" in the psychologist's argot-- which fire in response to pattern-recognition that is "whole word" in nature, in addition to feature-based (components of letters such as straight or curved lines), orthographic (whole letters), morphemic (reacting to morphemes, the smallest units of written language which impart meaning; its spoken analogue is the phoneme) and possibly even syllabic-based nodes.


As iapetus aptly noted, assuming that word-level recognition is the only sort of visual processing going on when we perceive written language has its limitations, as several studies have demonstrated.

 

[Lemurnator]

No Limit studios-"No Limit studio"
Master P-"Yo nigga, whatcha'll workin' on?"
NLS-"Nigga, who the f**k is this?"
MP-"This P, nigga, whats happenin'"
NLS-"This ain't no mutha f**kin' P. Nigga, you ain't got shit
betta to
do than play on the muthaf**kin' phone?"
MP-"Man, take me off muthaf**kin' speaker-phone an' pick the
phone up. This P
nigga. Stop f**kin' playin'"
NLS-"Nigga, if this f**kin P, nigga, say 'uhh', nigga. F**k"
MP-"Nigga, I ain't bout to say no muthaf**kin' 'uhh'. Pick the
phone up,
nigga"
NLS-"Nigga, what?"
MP-"I'm on my muthaf**kin' way right now"
NLS-"Come on then, come on then nigga"
Da Last Don, nigga (remix)
Ha ha (ha ha)
Master P:
Make em say uhhhh!
Uhhhh!
Na na na na
Na na na na
Make em say uhhuhhuhh
uhh uhh
uhh uhh
uhh uhh
uhh uhh
I told ya I'm the colonel of this muthaf**kin' tank
Don't make me get rowdy and throw a bullet spank
My comrads with tanks
We gamers wit TRU gats
We make em say 'uhhhh'
An' 'how ya do that'
third ward hustlaz
On these streets chasin' riches
Penetentury chances
Cause this a risky buissiness
A No Limit Souldier
Commanderin' Cheif
An' Michael Jackson
Can't rock a muthaf**kin' party like me
I'm bumpin' for the real niggaz, playaz, and hustlaz
Qualified killaz, certified head-bustaz
Got love for the North, South, East, to the West
Soldierz throw ya rag, Killaz how ya' vest
Flashin' red lights
Runnin' from the rollerz
If life was a movie, 'CUT'
Pass me the doljah
[Chorus]
{Make em say uhh
Uhh
Na na na na
Na na na na}x3
[Fiend]
Well if you lose some things
An' I'm still tryin' to do somethin'
Two smokas, they gotta blow
We always blew somethin'
I still want the green, cornbread, and the cabbage
No Limit savage
One known as the baddest
When I get bustin out expeditions, you wasn't ready
Bringin' like soft black teddy
Bangin' out the 4-7
Little nigga, a machete
I dig with dirty Barry
P, he bout it bout it on any mercinary
I hate to make you worry
It's just for the loot
Can't get get a tank dog salute
P's already suit
I represent the boot
An' the world is rowdy, rowdy
Makin' you say uhhh
The coward isn't bout it.
Chorus x2
[Silkk]
P gon' make ya say uhhh
I'm gon' make ya say ahhhhhhh
But this time I'm gon' get rowdy by sayin na na na na na
I'm a cash deala'
A No Limit ass kicka'
I'm a bad nigga
Fast nigga
Ain't the last nigga
Keep my mind on my money because I like riches
House full of tight bitches
An' call me, I might hitcha
Now make em say na na na
Triangle coast
Betta for the flow
Na na na na na na
Now get the ball loose
Kick the boot an drop the verse (64-5)
I'm tryin' to clock the scrilla
But it's hard not to hurt
Now I'm a No Limit soldier
So I get my strength through my jewels
Bout to make em scream 'MISTER'
Like the movie (na na na na na)
Chorus x2
[Mia X]
You know we showed you once before, the tank couldn't be stopped
Playa hataz yack alot but they get dropped in they spot
Off the top
Think not
Then run up on me
Cock 9 milla mamma Mia
Asshole eata
Head still wouldn't wanna be ya
See ya
At the top of billboards
Yeah we lookin down
Wavin at you muthf**kaz
How you like us now?
Cross-country, way back
laugh at bout it bout it
Now everybody tries they want to be rowdy rowdy
T-R-U what we claim
Represent that ghetto South
4-4 major general Mamma work and come out about
I ride wit No Limit soldiers
Yes we checkin'
Wit' the colonel Master P
He be the Ghetto Dad rapper
Paper chasaz what they labeled us
Better know
If that ass tried to play wit us
Gotta go
So we know what we do
It's never gon die
World-wide in yo' hood
P gon' make ya say
Whooooo
Chorus x2
Snoop Dogg:
Man, I'm smokin' on some chop-chop from S-G-V
No Limit family wit' the D-P-G
Last Don, Big Dogg, what's up? what's happenin'?
Nigga run up
We gon' tear da club up
Top rank, breath stank, molt bankin an' game
Who could t be? Ya'll know my muthaf**kin' name
I ain't neva met a gangsta who ain't loved to bang
Especially one who can't represent his game
See, when a No Limit soldier walks in the house
Nigga get em up, We gon turn this bitch out
*explosion*

I hate people who listen to songs like that and defend it's lyrical genious and it's impact on society.

 

[Tommie Hu$tle]

I hate people who listen to songs like that and defend it's lyrical genious and it's impact on society.

Not even Master P fans would have done that. Welcome to 1997.

 

[Date of Lies]

English happens to be my 3rd language, so when I don't know a word, I SEARCH it, MOFCKERZ.


according to my dated Oxford dictionary:

Litany - form of prayer for use in church services, recited by a priest with responses from the congregation.


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