::cringes - is uncertain whether this is a compliment or something else::
I would see it in every possible way as a compliment -- for people who find multisyllabic words, and their existence and correct use, to be soothing <wry g>. There's a sense that there's an active dislike for "intellectuals" in the US in some quarters at the moment, and the definition of intellectual has slid to some extent.
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Re: Canada vs US on liberalism
Date: 2004-11-07 12:07 pm (UTC)::cringes - is uncertain whether this is a compliment or something else::
I would see it in every possible way as a compliment -- for people who find multisyllabic words, and their existence and correct use, to be soothing <wry g>. There's a sense that there's an active dislike for "intellectuals" in the US in some quarters at the moment, and the definition of intellectual has slid to some extent.