07 February 2011

Intellego Intellexi Intellectum

Big words don’t make one story any more profound than that composed of the simplest words. The problem is, as soon as someone has something really important to say, they feel the need to be extra detailed in their explanation, thinking that the stronger the words the clearer the understanding, when in most situations that’s not the case. Just because you know the severity of what it is your trying to say doesn’t mean that people will interpret that through the unnecessarily dense grammar and vocabulary. Even as I write this now, I know I’m doing exactly what I’m scolding others for doing…but I guess, could that mean it’s in a writer’s nature? Are we really so desperate for understanding that the complex thoughts dwelling within us cannot simply be condensed to words a child would comprehend? No. That's just rediculous.

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