Good old Earl.. he has helped many people find themselves and sucess
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I must confess I have gone the other way somewhat to try and use simple and common words as often words carry diferent meanings in different circles. For example when suggesting to David he had a pretty good life, I can use the term, dog, not sly dog or sly old dog. Although each have a differnt meaning in different circles, the responce can tell you much. A "dog" in the stock exchange is smarter than a "bear" or a "bull". Sly Dog seems to play more in "girl boy" things, and "sly old dog" in more manipulative areas. Use the term "dog" to an ex con is about the worst insult you can offer. Thats from observing others and is unrelated to personal involvement in any of the worlds mentioned
. My little helper up home goes off if you call him "dirt bag"
as that was what they warders called him and I guess it wore thin after the years..geez I dont even know how long or what he went in for
.. still words are so powerful Ron as you correctly observe. Learning a new one every day is a good idea but even with that my vocab. will go done with age I expect
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alex