Is excessive use of uncommon vocabulary and scholarly language indicative of higher intellect?
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When younger kids do it, then yes.
When older people do it, then not always.
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yes - i get very impressed
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Depends... for some its just the upbringing.
Flowery words and silver spoons can only go so far you know... sure good linguistic skills help. But they should be the only criteria on which one bases wether someone is dependable or not.
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Not really.
Only when you can't judge the subject which is being talked about, your self, you can make such assumption.
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I would not say that it is a sign of higher intellect but does create a good impression, I mean big words do kinda sound cool :d
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Better education = better diction and the ability to converse. Simply means you came from a specific socio-economic strat that could afford an extremely high level of education.
That does not mean you are intelligent.
Coffee?
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heyyyyyy
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Better education = better diction and the ability to converse. Simply means you came from a specific socio-economic strat that could afford an extremely high level of education.
That does not mean you are intelligent.
Coffee?
black, please.
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black, please.
Did you want cookies with that as well?
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that means he is good at language
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Did you want cookies with that as well?
I love you.
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:sid: Um, they’re just store-bought cookies, it’s not as if I was going to bake them myself.
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To sum up this thread:
Access to a thesaurus does not equal intelligence.
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:)
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its just shift +F7 and not necessarily intellect.
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:D, yeah its been a while. How goes life?
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To sum up this thread:
Access to a thesaurus does not equal intelligence.
totally agree!!
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It is the thoughts and contents. Not words.
Even a formally uneducated person can have intelligence.
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Sure it's not* the* indicator of intellect or intelligence but I think it's excessive to reduce to it merely to having the ability to open a thesaurus.
Many times I don't get references to pop culture/history etc that people make. Does that make me less intelligent? No. But does that make the other person more knowledgeable? Yes. Is that a plus point he/she has over me? I think so.
Same goes for an extensive vocabulary that is used coherently and with proper grammar. You can't do that with a thesaurus sitting in one day. It comes from a long term pattern of knowledge seeking (one example is reading, another is good education). And I would like to think that if you have two groups, one of "scholarly" people and one of a regular mix of people, then the former one will have a higher # of members who actively seek knowledge.
All I'm saying is give credit where it's due but the answer to Nomi's question, like almost everyone is saying, is: not necessarily.