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>Insert random french, Latin and Greek words and expressions in my speech and writing

>They mistake me being a intellectual although I’m definitely a pseudo

>> No.14650300

>>14650138
Moto bene, anon. I do this too even tho I know very very few words. In midwest burgerland, however, comparatively I'm a linguslistic scholar

>> No.14650485

>>14650138
>use word from French, Latin, or Greek normally in a conversation
>people get confused

>> No.14650501

Tu sais, I'm something of a macaroni myself.

>> No.14650514

>>14650138
>use words form literally any language but give them a complicated meaning but only in your works
congratulations you are Heidegger

>> No.14650616

>>14650138
We may be pseuds, but we do have a certain zheh neh say qwah.

>> No.14650726
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14650726

mon dieu

>> No.14651096

The only difference between an int and a pseud is whether or not you know what the fuck you're talking about

>> No.14651468

>>14650138
Just say Nabokov.

>> No.14652537

History lesson. In the Renaissance (England), the middle class pseuds would not be fluent in Latin but would throw Latin and French words into their English to try and impress others. Eventually, some Latin and French become that widely used by these pseuds that they entered the English language. This is one of the reasons why we have so many synonyms in our language (conflagration - Latin, fire - Germanic/English, flame - French). People have been doing what OP does for over a millennium and the majority of the English language is produced by these pseud words now.

>> No.14652553

>>14650138
sanctus fundatur

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14652580

>>14650138
it's like you haven't read politics and the english language

>> No.14652618

>>14650138
ah, why of course I like to embellish my English, id est using foreign phrases or words vis à vis my pretentious diction.

>> No.14653827

>>14651468
This truly makes people shit their pants. The average NPC has no clue who he is. Even some people who claim to read or be well read that I know have no clue who Nabokov is. You'll only be outed as a pseud when an intellectual corrects you on your anglicized pronunciation.