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> "Autodidact"? Why not just "a self-taught person"?

God forbid someone should have a vocabulary larger than what's used on the Home Shopping Network. As a three time college dropout, it didn't take me long to figure out how to search Websters. I'm sure our brother and sister Monks can do the same.

Good language skills are not only for those in ivory towers, but anyone who wants to express the true depth of their ideas.

Recommended reading:

1984
William Safire's Sunday New York Times column.

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In reply to Re: Re: Autodidact Followup by ignatz
in thread Autodidact Followup by trs80

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