Exemplary Rhetoric!

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    A simple question, how much do you vary your rhetoric? Or in a simpler way of putting it, how complex is your vocabulary when you speak, and do you vary the words you use often?

    Personally, I don't go out of my way to sound smart, not in normal conversation anyway. If I'm being formal, though, you might hear me say some big words and act all smart and all. =D
     
    I don't specifically try. But even my own father gets irritated because I use words he doesn't know. x; If a "big" word just is more fitting to what I mean, though, I'll use it (unless the person I'm talking to probably won't understand it).
     
    I always try to use the 'smallest' word instead of a 'big' word, I just don't sound smart to others while making sure that the other person will definitely understand me with my simple words.
     
    I try to vary - If I have to say "herpaderp" five times in four sentences, I'll take the "dumbest" form of the word and progressively increase the sophistication until it doesn't sound like English, then just randomly choose what sounds cool and flowy and stuff.
     
    I end up changing some words often and fancily, to the point that I even annoy myself because no one would understand anything I say. Synonyms and alliteration (sometimes put together) are a core part of my vocabulary, though.

    In laxer environments, I'm prone to throwing around profanities more frequently when I want to use emphasis, rather than making "big" exponentially bigger, usually respective to the size I'm trying to convey. (That's still better than the rest of my family, however, where cursing is almost unavoidable with them.)

    Sticking to very casual ways of speaking for any recognizable period of time, though, is... not my thing. Profanities aside, I can't hold "casual" for long, if at all, regardless of the people I'm talking to.
     
    I only really change between writing and speaking. I'm much more likely to use my full vocabulary and have longer, meandering sentences when I'm writing (like right now) than I am when I speak face to face.

    But then there's my job where I work with the public and I often have to change how I talk with people to suit whatever kind of person I have to deal with. Some people like to talk down to strangers so I'll either have to play dumb to get them to leave quicker or I'll have to pull out all the stops on my English language skills and make them respect me (also to make them go away quicker).
     
    My vocal vocabulary is bland and numbed by swearing and garbage phrases. My written prose however ranges from a more eloquent writing to a lazy, laid back kind of writing. It depends on who I'm talking to really.
     
    When I speak? Hahaha. I can hardly speak straight sometimes as is. There's no way I could put effort into expanding my vocabulary in any way, shape, or form. The only way I could think of doing it is if I were to write it out beforehand and read from it.

    In online interactions and my writing, I guess I sometimes think outside the box. But I don't go reaching for a thesaurus every five words to find something flashier. Just one of the many ways my writing is quite basic. (Not that I advocate using the thesaurus every five words, but using it occasionally when repeating words won't hurt!)
     
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