It's not the difference of opinion that offended me, just the way you saw fit to express it. I'm sure you're a decent sort in other circumstances.
I thought that you, having quoted my original response, had read the full post and therefore seen what I had quoted above. This led me to expect...
I really enjoyed his book on Warwick the Kingmaker. He sounds like many of the academics I know - absolutely brilliant at organizing a sound...
It really depends on the context and the nature of the story you're writing. As long as the reader isn't unable to identify with the dialogue, I...
No, actually, I can't. I was responding to a particular phrase, which I have clarified above in case your confusion as to what it was that...
No, I agree with this. What I mean is that "not thinking too hard when I read" is not something I can identify with, but you're quite right in...
Charmed. Except that's not at all what I was saying, and it would be churlish to suggest otherwise.
Fair enough. I guess my tastes are exactly opposite. If what I'm reading isn't engaging me on an intellectual level, it bores me.
Well said, Minstrel. You're officially my hero.
Whoops. No offense meant by the last comment, but I still go by it. Now obviously there is a limit to the amount of verbosity a reader should have...
Same here. But then, I can't understand people who, for instance, own a dictionary, but apparently have no ability to use it.
No, what makes you look dumb is looking up a big word just so you can use one. If you have an expansive vocabulary and you know how to use it...
Separate names with a comma.