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 > > ___________________________________________________________________ You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com/getjuno.html or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866]