Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · edit-21 day agoHow come people don't compliment other people on great word usage? If someone use the word lets say ecclesiastical or something like that they do not get complimented it shows they respect English.message-squaremessage-square21fedilinkarrow-up113arrow-down16file-text
arrow-up17arrow-down1message-squareHow come people don't compliment other people on great word usage? If someone use the word lets say ecclesiastical or something like that they do not get complimented it shows they respect English.Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · edit-21 day agomessage-square21fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareteyrnon@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·6 hours agoNot as a complement to what you were saying, but did it land as a compliment?
minus-squareJerkface (any/all)@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·27 minutes agoI suppose a product of growing up with anti-intellectualism is that it seems threatening when someone stops everything and turns everyone’s attention to a word that you just used without conceit.
Not as a complement to what you were saying, but did it land as a compliment?
I suppose a product of growing up with anti-intellectualism is that it seems threatening when someone stops everything and turns everyone’s attention to a word that you just used without conceit.