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Originally Posted by Munchkin03
There's a difference between sounding mature and articulate, or "polished," as you said, and sounding pretentious. Also, just speaking for myself, my writing style on GC is way less formal than it is in my professional life or personal life. I'd imagine that I'm not the exception in this case.
Calling an 18-year old's outfit selection for rush "pond scum" is pretentious and lame. Note that the women on this board have offered suggestions but not judgements. There's a difference!
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This begins to be a bit absurd. The phrase was "pond life" (mildly negative but very different meaning) and it was my sister's comment. According to the criticisms heard today it seems to me that as she is a woman and a Greek alumna she is fully qualified to make such a comment. It might be helpful if quoted phrases are accurately quoted and attributed to their originator. If the comment seems pretentious I suggest you read a few dozen comments on a few dozen threads by a number of ladies where the phrase 'pond life' would be seen mild and not in the least pretentious. Its all in the context but I would suggest that one should read the original comment before responding to something that was not said in the manner implied.
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