I have decided to be more prolix in some situations
This post is not an example of that because you guys get me.
I am naturally laconic in many situations and this causes me no frustration in and of itself. I'm generally not dying to express myself at length. I am not contained, as I wish to be silent. Unfortunately, lots of people are uncomfortable with silence and interpret my terseness as being cold and insensitive. So I decided to simply use more words to convey the exact same meanings in a much less efficient way. I talked "nonsense" with people on the street, and every time I message my mom, who is now living by herself, I embelish my language and add useless details about which I am not at all concerned. She seems happy with that change. I'm going to use more useless words from now on.
No biggie, what does not kill me makes me stronger! What a lovely day, isn't it? Too bad it looks like it is going to rain in the evening. So...
So I have a friend that exhibits similar behavior. He’s very to the point. It took me years of being friends with him to understand fully that when he is brief and to the point when he is messaging me (one word responses of “yes” or “no” to questions), it’s just how he is. He’s not being rude. In fact, he tries to be more wordy around people he doesn’t know so as not to put them off, much like you’re describing.
We’ve been close friends for nearly twenty years, talk weekly, hang out regularly and that’s just the way he is. Like I said, it took a while to get it but some people just have different personalities.
Super helpful! I'm a talker and it drives some people up the wall but there's no denying that more chatter accelerates social returns like compound interest. Keep up the babble and you'll put people at ease so much sooner.
I have no trouble conversing with intense talkers. I'm a good listener and many people appreciate that. However, there are occasions in which a small effort from my part to emmit more words proves beneficial. For some, this seems to have a profound emotional effect. I do not intend to change myself to conform, but I can make an effort to smooth things out.
Cool.
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That doesn't sound right. Why's it called prolix and not prolic? This language is a mess, thank god I didn't have to learn it...second...arious...ly.
Why should it be called "prolic"? I don't get it. The equivalent in my language is "prolixo" with exactly the same meaning. "Prolic" is similar to "prolific" which is an entirely different thing.
Prolic just sounds better. Prolific might have to be extended. Proloferific would present problems, though. I'll have to think about it more.