quote:You guys really need to stop your highfalutin vocabulary lesson and realize that there really is no need for a knowledge of all the ridiculous vocabulary out there. Vocabulary is one of the easiest ways to play off to someone that you are an educated individual (and that you can belittle others for showing no respect for language), when it really just shows that you have no understanding for the purpose of language. Language is meant to pass a message in any means possible. There are so many ways to give the exact same message that it is really just plain dumb to memorize them all.Sorry to hijack the thread a bit, but it peeves me off to no end when someone acts like a person is an idiot for not understanding meaningless variations of language.--------------------stanski
quote:quote:You guys really need to stop your highfalutin vocabulary lesson and realize that there really is no need for a knowledge of all the ridiculous vocabulary out there. Vocabulary is one of the easiest ways to play off to someone that you are an educated individual (and that you can belittle others for showing no respect for language), when it really just shows that you have no understanding for the purpose of language. Language is meant to pass a message in any means possible. There are so many ways to give the exact same message that it is really just plain dumb to memorize them all.Sorry to hijack the thread a bit, but it peeves me off to no end when someone acts like a person is an idiot for not understanding meaningless variations of language.--------------------stanskiStan,Yes, they have been abusive and unnecessarily harsh on the poor kid, but, NO, it is most definitely not meaningless. Language is an essential part of the way we interface with the rest of society. Unless we all speak some street gibberish, far too much education has been obliterated in an attempt to get people earning money from the age of 6. If we can't communicate in the written and the verbal "word", then we might as well jump off a cliff. Too many people, even here on ballreviews, attempt to type the way they talk; they fail to communicate with too many other people.--------------------Bowling: Just like hand grenades and horse shoes, you only have to get close.Life: Deal with what is.CharlesT
quote:I do agree; however, that there was no need for insults. A short vocabulary lesson would have sufficed.
quote:quote:I do agree; however, that there was no need for insults. A short vocabulary lesson would have sufficed.It's 2 fold. First, the fact he would post a typo that he thought was a racial slur in a comedic manner is inappropriate.Second, There is a group of "youngsters" here that have infiltrated what used to be a fairly vibrant & intelligent bowling forum. This was just one example of the idiocy they've brought & it's just a matter of some of us reaching a boiling point.
