Right, Shel. Self education rules!
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Originally Posted by deafskeptic
I remember one kid on WoW calling me on my extensive vocabulary on chat because I used the word loathe and he asked me about my age. He said I should use little words so kids his age could understand me. I was like I knew that word when I was 14. I get both grammar nazis and kids singling me out for my grammar and vob. I can't win. 
Now I understand why some guilds prefer older players. |
This comes back to language as label and adjusting your language to the group you want to fit in with... My granddaughter, who has an extensive vocabulary and reads all the time, just told me she never lets any of her peers or teachers know either of these two things about her because she does not want to be pegged as a nerd or a geek.
In America: football players are cheered; academic majors are jeered.