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Originally Posted by Tcoat
Why does using more descriptive or complex words make it showing off? That is the way some people talk. I use complex words all he time and am not showing off or being pretentious it is just simply the words I use. Much of the use of words can be regional and just because somebody says "sired" and it may not seem normal to you does not make it abnormal to others. You would probably be appalled at how I speak if you think using such words is showing off. Some of it slips through here even when I generally ignore all rules of grammar since I usually am rushing what I write.
As far as the use of "too" goes I don't pay attention enough to what I say to tell you if I ever say "as well" but I do not believe that I do.
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That is true. I think it's a pet peeve because I grew up in AP type classes full of people who thought they were smarter then everyone else. They would use vocabulary (among other things) to make themselves feel superior so my past history has me leaning that way. I don't automatically dislike someone who talks that way but my gut reaction is that it is offputting.