Parastastals...??

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Posted: Sun Oct 25, 2009 2:22 pm

Think I'll give this one a go. He uses some big words Laughing

"do not make your inquiries with any individual or unlicensed parastastals"

BTW, it's a real word!

Posted: Sun Oct 25, 2009 2:25 pm

It's almost a real word i think... The word should be parastatal(s), with one 's' less than the lad used.

Posted: Sun Oct 25, 2009 4:50 pm

OMG! A literate lad! What next?

Baiting Guru Joined: 19 Apr 2007 Posts: 3123

^^
An honest one?

Posted: Sun Oct 25, 2009 10:13 pm

Don't judge a lad by his cover.

Posted: Mon Oct 26, 2009 9:35 am

Be sure you ask your lad what one of those is, and is it OK to make contact with Licenced Parastatals and how can you tell the difference between a licenced and an unlicenced one.

Insist on an answer, after all this is a lot of money he is talking about Smile

Not quite a Newb Joined: 11 Oct 2009 Posts: 79

From: http://www.neatorama.com/2009/08/02/big-words-make-you-seem-stupider/

Quote:

The consequence of erudite vernacular utilized irrespective of necessity is that you wind up sounding like a moron:

Everyone knows how college students will try to make themselves sound smarter by reaching for the thesaurus and using big, ponderous words they barely understand. But now a new study shows that readers can see through this. Daniel Oppenheimer, a psychologist at Princeton, took a handful of writing samples and used a thesaurus to replace the simple words with needlessly flowery ones.

… Oppenheimer gave all the writing samples — the original, simple ones and the modified, flowery ones — to 71 students to evaluate. The result? As the grandiosity and complexity of the language increased, the judges’ estimation of the intelligence of the authors decreased. Oppenheimer wrote up his results in a paper with the gorgeously ironic title “Consequences of Erudite Vernacular Utilized Irrespective of Necessity: Problems with Using Long Words Needlessly.”

I noticed too that some scamers use big words... ever came across "consignment", "barrister" or "beneficiary"?
Those aren't actually the word you use daily, even if you do live in English speaking countries, are they?

Posted: Mon Oct 26, 2009 10:55 am

^^ Actually, a barrister is a type of lawyer. That word is very common in countries that speak a variant of English closer to British English.

And a beneficiary is just someone who receives benefits.

Not quite a Newb Joined: 11 Oct 2009 Posts: 79

I know what those are, but do you use them in your everyday conversations?
I started to learn English when I was 6-7, I use it both actively and passively, but I don't remember when was the last time I heard any of those (I'm sure I did, just don't remember when).
Sure I never had an opportunity or need to use law terminology, but still.

Of course I could be totally mistaken. You guys in UK, USA and other English speaking countries probably do encounter those phrases more often.

Posted: Mon Oct 26, 2009 11:18 am

Noah Bode wrote:

I know what those are, but do you use them in your everyday conversations?

I don't use or hear "barrister" because I live in America. But if you live in the UK or many of the Commonwealth countries, you would be likely to hear it in regular conversation.

Posted: Mon Oct 26, 2009 11:56 am

Yeah barrister is a common word, but the othere's are slightly more obscure. In australia barristers are those lawyers that wear the funny wigs for some reason. Razz

And lads tend to just Ctrl+V their script, so I guess it's the script writer that has a lower intelligence, not necessarily the lad... Although I'm sure the lad is retarded to for that matter *whistle*

Posted: Mon Oct 26, 2009 8:29 pm

@ Nick the Cop:
"And a beneficiary is just someone who receives benefits"

Like a single mother? Laughing

Anyway, he's on the hook now...

Posted: Tue Oct 27, 2009 9:55 am

The terms 'Lawyer' and 'Barrister' have different meanings in different countries. So be sure to check with your lad which one he means :

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