Re: Hapworth
James J Rovira (jrovira@juno.com)
Thu, 20 May 1999 17:08:39 -0400 (EDT)
Woah, now, that was substantive, Jake. See, my problem was that I didn't
read very far. If I had read half of it I may have come to see what you
are saying. I'll make sure I go back to it, then...
Jim
On Wed, 19 May 1999 16:20:41 -0500 Jake McHenry <seymour@ktis.net>
writes:
>
>
>> 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
>
>
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