I've always wondered if the way people speak really reflect their level of intelligence. I'm sure having a large vocabulary shows that you are fairly intelligent, and I know that some people have such bad grammar that you automatically assume they aren't very smart. But I don't think this is right in every situation. Just because you are smart, I don't think you have to talk to everyone using every vocabulary word you have ever learned. I know of a few people who do this and it really drives me crazy. Using big words doesn't impress me very much and I don't really think it shows how smart the person is. I consider myself to be fairly intelligent, but I don't speak to others like I'm reading out of a dictionary. I mean, is that really neccessary? Do people really feel smarter if they use words that aren't commonly used? Why do these people speak like they're writing a paper or something? I fully understand the need to be articulate at times in order not to sound like you're "stupid" but I don't think using "fluffy" words make you sound any smarter and a lot of the time, sounds condescending or like you really have no idea what's going on.
A man thinks that by mouthing hard words he understands hard things. -Herman Melville
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