People's vocabulary skills certainly are lacking

Illegerate has no meaning. I didn't know what a bumper chute is. Here in the desert, real men don't go around with them, ever. I think this thread needs an expert in Coprology.
 
I'll sometimes use words of phrases from different languages. I've had friends from different cultures and they'd teach me some stuff and some of it'd stick. My Father taught me some Blackfoot when I was a youngster. I can count to ten in four different languages and to five in German (that's as high as Shultz counted on Hogans Heros).
Fortunately my wife understands me. Today I thanked her in Blackfoot and it occurred to me that just saying thank you was a mouthful of syllables.
I guess you could say that my vocabulary is the result of influences in my life.
Yes, I know what a bumperchute is, never used or even owned one but my wife has.

If the spelling ist korrekt? now you will be able to count to ten im Deutsch.

Sex,Sieben,Ocht,Neun and Zen.

I forgot to add a: :D
 
Come gentlemen, let's not be a bunch of pratts here. Jump in your motor and go out for a jammie dodger.
 
I spent most of my life working in a world class research lab with the most educated people Shell could find. Most of them could not find there way home. Using words that most people would have to look up only boosts the ego of the person who uses them to show their superiority. Simple words make for clear and concise communication which is what words are meant to do.
 
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For example Helicopter is a noun it's not a verb. How many times have you heard someone say "Let's helicopter him out of here"?

The correct way would be to say "Let's get him on board a helicopter and fly him out of here" :)
Only if you're trying to give English lessons instead of trying to get it said.
 
Only if you're trying to give English lessons instead of trying to get it said.

Agreed in some instances it provides for legerity of the tongue. However there are some particularly horrible examples such as "Antiquing" :)
 
Illegerate has no meaning. I didn't know what a bumper chute is. Here in the desert, real men don't go around with them, ever. I think this thread needs an expert in Coprology.

I thought we already had plenty of experts in coprology here.
 
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