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Originally Posted by julieisafemme
Thank you for this post!!!! I have never felt stupid anywhere in my life until I started posting online. I do believe my IQ has dropped 20 points. Academic language is hard for me to touch and hold and twist around. Tell me a story about feelings and I will understand instantly.
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This would actually be a GREAT thread. A discussion on how academic language changes a conversation or the overtones of elitism (or lack thereof).
Cyclopea made a BEAUTIFUL post about academic language in another thread that I would like to see be part of that conversation.
My opinion: Academic language can feel silencing. Yes.