Fancy Talk vs. Regular Speak

I just read this and thought it was really good:

“…They use fancy talk and fine words to fool the minds of
those who do not know about evil.”*

Ever notice when people talk with a very intellectual and academic manner they seem like they are trying to convince you of something? Or they have some hidden agenda that they are trying to mask through their verbage? It’s as if they say so much with out saying anything (reminds me of politicians). At a minimum they make you feel like they’re better than you. That’s at least how I feel when someone is talking all high-minded. If only everyone would talk like Ben Cartwright from Bonanza.

Maybe I sound like a jerk or maybe I’m simple (or both). But I am at a stage of my life where I get tired of pretense. I just like regular speak. I want to know what you’re saying. It needs to make sense. I guess the more complicated my life gets (work responsibility, homework with the kids, soccer practice, home repairs, savings, insurance, mortgage, misc. bills, retirement, marriage etc), the simpler I like certain things.

This phrase, of course, also made me feel good about my book. I purposely kept it conversational and easy to read. I am not one to use big terms and intellectual phrases. That’s not how I really talk. And I don’t think that’s how most people talk. I have heard many times over that my book is easy to understand. There was a time in my life when this would have been an insult. Not these days. I take it as a huge compliment. Reminds me of another expression:

“Brevity is the sole of wit.”**

*Written by Paul, the apostle, in Romans 16:18 (New Century Version).
**William Shakespeare (Hamlet Prince of Denmark)