On top of that I resent being called a know it all becasue I clearly don't know everything. But the one thing I do know is I know enough to get by.

With all due respect, if you are called a "know-it-all," it isn't because of what you say, but how you say it.

Delivery is everything.

Having said that, I know how I often "come across" in these forums, but that is my choice to deliver "my" information in the manner than I choose.

I find it interesting that I am rarely attacked or harshly refuted by women on any forum, but certain men often take great offense at what and how I write. Believe it or not, I have been called a know-it-all in these very forums! I suppose I should not have an opinion or use my expertise to prove my points.

Whoops! There I go again, being a know-it-all by even suggesting that I am an expert in any area.

Mea Culpa.

By the way, most people know enough to "get by"--it is why so many humans are alive on the face of the earth.

With all due respect, if you are called a "know-it-all," it isn't because of what you say, but how you say it.

Delivery is everything.

Having said that, I know how I often "come across" in these forums, but that is my choice to deliver "my" information in the manner than I choose.

Whoops! There I go again, being a know-it-all by even suggesting that I am an expert in any area.

Mea Culpa.

By the way, most people know enough to "get by"--it is why so many humans are alive on the face of the earth.

With all due respect, if you are called a "know-it-all," it isn't because of what you say, but how you say it.

Delivery is everything.

Having said that, I know how I often "come across" in these forums, but that is my choice to deliver "my" information in the manner than I choose.

I find it interesting that I am rarely attacked or harshly refuted by women on any forum, but certain men often take great offense at what and how I write. Believe it or not, I have been called a know-it-all in these very forums! I suppose I should not have an opinion or use my expertise to prove my points.

Whoops! There I go again, being a know-it-all by even suggesting that I am an expert in any area.

Mea Culpa.

By the way, most people know enough to "get by"--it is why so many humans are alive on the face of the earth.

Not trying to converse here intellectually, let me say I do agree with many statements you made..
and also with many that krupa made...
and as for type-o's..
and in illustrating one's attentions to them, as a fact of reference here, I find it amusing to read yours above.
In the word because,,,as your 'becasue' typed above...

Not trying to converse here intellectually, let me say I do agree with many statements you made..
and also with many that krupa made...
and as for type-o's..
and in illustrating one's attentions to them, as a fact of reference here, I find it amusing to read yours above.
In the word because,,,as your 'becasue' typed above...

That's not her typo. She was quoting someone.

Not that I have a dog in this hunt, but you do seem a little condescending in quite a few of your postings. It leads one to suspect that you aren't out to make friends in the forums.
A little courtesy would go a long way, should you wish your responses to appear otherwise.
Not to state the obvious, but this IS a social networking site. If proving your point is more important than making friends, I suppose you'll accomplish that goal, for what it's worth...

Of course, using Latin will almost always get you labeled a know-it-all

That said, people are where they are, not much to be done about it. Some people seem to believe that if you're well spoken and knowledgeable you obviously feel you're better than those around you and are probably elitist. Some people are just flat out intimidated by people more knowledgeable than them. Some days I think there's a quickly growing cult of ignorance

I try to stay away from words like "smarter", "dumber", etc, because there's no agreement on what they mean and no way to pin them down. Are we talking about creativity? Math skills? Ability with languages? Education level? Don't say IQ, that only really measures your ability to take IQ tests, which doesn't really help. Interesting things to think about, though.

Cheers.

I am not here form social networks! In fact, if it weren't for the forums, I wouldn't be here at all.

I am aware that I sound condescending to some people, but I find that my posts tend more to that level when I answer someone's post and he (as I said before, almost always a "he") takes offense at my refutation.

I know all about courtesy and decorum, and I give such when it is due.




Most IQ tests measure what you have learned, not raw intelligence. There are nine types of intelligences; a person can score high in one and go bust in another.

If it were simply a growing cult of ignorance, I would express some hope, but it the cult seems to be of self-indulgent ignorance wherein people don't seem to want to educate themselves.

I also think that sexism still has to do with how people are perceived. For instance, I take my laptop to McD's or Starbucks to grade when I am not getting anything done at home. Last week I was in McD's when a very casual acquaintance asked me a question about grammar. When I told him, he asked what qualified me to give an answer. I told him three degrees in English qualified me. He said that I shouldn't "brag" about my degrees.

At that point, a man sitting at another table said he had two degrees in languages. The first man complimented him on his degrees!

Go figure!

And what's worse, the first man is willing to put up with my lofty attitude (as he sees it) because he finds me attractive. I have seen this time and again: men will put up with a lot more from a woman whom they perceive as good-looking than they will a woman whom they see as fat and/or ugly.

I know--I have lived both sides.

Thank you for pointing that out before I saw the accusation!

I use Firefox and it has a built-in spell-check; if I have a typo, it would not be for a word such as "because," but a homophone or a legitimate word that spell-check would not catch, i.e. typing "it" instead of "is."

Anyone can make typos, but a post that is filled with them rather than having one or two indicates poor editing skills--especially for "because."

But more to the point is words used out of context or which are obviously misspelled because the writer did not realize that they were misspelled: these items are usually very easy to spot.

And even more to the point, words used out of context.

Some people have learning handicaps that affect their writing skills: dyslexia is one. However, people can use available tools to help lessen the problem: spell-check is one. I used to date a man who is dyslexic; he would type everything to be posted online in Word first, edit with spell and grammar-check, and then post.

Lazy people don't bother.