[arinlen]

> That being said ‘the more words you know, the more things you can say’ as my old English teacher used to say.

Sure, you can say more things. That's great, if your goal is to talk a lot without caring if anyone else around you is listening to what you're saying.

[Daub]

Language should be task-appropriate. I teach computational aesthetics which would be impossible with the same bucket of words I use to go shopping for apples.