Yuck! If we want to be inclusive and encourage dialogue with those who might not share our exact views or who are not college English majors, it would serve this community better if folks were more tolerant. Yes words matter, more because of what they communicate. There is a formidable element of anti-intellectualism in our country and I know because of my communities that the sensitivity about feeling "stupid" is based on plenty of being treated that way. It's a huge learning curve for me to be careful with my words, but I recognize at least how crucial it is. I like that we are here to share ideas and leave the prose contest to the experts.
Acronyms do to prose what a dead cow does to the stream it's lying in. Best to avoid them unless they're in common parlance like DNA and MPG.
Yuck! If we want to be inclusive and encourage dialogue with those who might not share our exact views or who are not college English majors, it would serve this community better if folks were more tolerant. Yes words matter, more because of what they communicate. There is a formidable element of anti-intellectualism in our country and I know because of my communities that the sensitivity about feeling "stupid" is based on plenty of being treated that way. It's a huge learning curve for me to be careful with my words, but I recognize at least how crucial it is. I like that we are here to share ideas and leave the prose contest to the experts.
The former guy works for me.