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In his worthless word for the day email tsuwm quotes William F. Buckley as saying "People get annoyed when you use words that do not come trippingly off the tongue of Oprah Winfrey...". He (WFB) then proceeds to assault us with the word velleity suggesting that it is the only word to use in a given circumstance. I think that people get annoyed when you use words that less than one tenth of one percent of the educated population have even the vaguest idea of the meaning of. On the other hand, I can remember his interviewing an Irish socialist back in 1970 or thereabouts who ran verbal rings around Mr. Buckley. It was a pure joy to listen to.
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