One thing that is funnier than anything else to me is when people try to use big words to sound impressive, and then choose the wrong big word. Take, for instance, this sentence. I found it on a comment page, after the article 'Why does the West love the Dalai Lama?' on the BBC website. The angry commentor summons all of their big words, and throws them into an impressive 53 word sentence.
"The Dalai Lama is essentially a dictator who uses religion as a front in his quest to reinstate a system whereby the vast majority of people live in abstract poverty and are forced to give most of what little they have to the monasteries and monks who rule through religious indoctrination and violence."
Well, that sounds terrible! And it makes all those people live in abstract poverty! Unfortunately, that one misused word makes me immediately discount all of his other words. What a sad waste of a 'whereby'.
Ok, now I will reread this post a few hundred times to make sure I said everything correctly..
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