QUOTE(Haw @ Nov 2 2005, 06:43 PM)
Not as nerdy as I thought considering I'm the smart one that always pays attention and gets told off by school peers for using language that confuses them.
I use confusing language when I'm insulting someone's intelligence. Other than that, my speech is usually fairly normal, if very stiff and formal. People told me in a recent conversation that I was too formal and polite to curse. They should see me when I'm pissed off or I stub my thumb, because then I curse for minutes straight.
I used to use confusing and complex speech a lot, but I realized that nobody (or very few people) could understand me, so I toned it down. Now I only use complex language when I'm insulting some jerk's intelligence, so I don't get the crap beaten out of me, or when I'm debating a complex issue with a very intelligent person. My level of speech tends to change depending on how good at understanding complex speech the person I'm speaking with is, and as I change subjects. My speech in debates with friends who can understand me is fairly eloquent, but when I'm explaining how to figure out a problem to my group in math class I simplify things so it can be understood, since the reason they don't understand is that the math book explains things in a complex way. Translating (ideas and concepts, not languages) is my specialty.