Re: Hapworth
Jake McHenry (seymour@ktis.net)
Wed, 19 May 1999 16:20:41 -0500
> I suppose my biggest problem with Hapworth really was style. The kid
>was entirely too literate, too large a vocabulary. Even for Mensa
>material.
I tend to hear that alot in certain circles and waht strikes me most about
Seymour's seven year old vocabulary is quite the opposite. What I hear is
him trying to sound overly literate as opposed to actually being overly
literate. He uses the same "big" words over and over and will go out of his
way to use them in context. This, to me, is not him being truly
grandiloquent in the common sense of the word. What I think is happening is
that he is being wordy the way that we all are when we discover a new word
or two. Hell, I use the word noisome and grandiloquent and other words that
may make me sound like a smart-ass to some. Like those crappy (and cool at
the same time) vocabulary word-a-day calendars. You cannot help but try to
use some new word in context (or otherwise) once you stumble upon it. And
the same thing can be said for trivia. We all have watched the Discovery
channel and then used some knucklehead interjection in a barroom
conversation and felt pleased as hell with ourselves for knowing something
and being able to find some woth in it. (real or invalid or useful or
annoying) The reality of it is that I am just having fun. Plain old fun. And
so is our boy Seymour with his lofty speech. Regardless of appearances
outwardly or spiritual, he is still just a small boy. (Having fun.)
Solid handshakes,
-Jake