Have you ever noticed that anything said with “official” terminology (such as Latin) sounds so much more menacing than when said in “street” language. Consider if you will the following scenario:
Man: Hello.
Me: Hello. *Stretches out hand*. I wish to palpate your metacarpals!
Following this rather short exchange, the man immediately heads for the hills and joins a support group.
“I have allergies” becomes “I have an acute inflammation of my sinuses that results in extreme discomfort and unwanted nasal irrigation.”
“Divide” translates to “Multiply by the reciprocal of the coefficient of the variable.”
“Send a text message” is “Utilize a numeral directory to stream a data packet transmitted through a cellular device across a steady bandwidth.”
Point made.
so true...
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