"I'd rather be a naive member of the elect than a damned guy who uses big words like calumnious." Tent Horn

"For those who don't know the word I looked it up:

calumnious - adjective formal
(of a statement) false and defamatory; slanderous:
"all of these charges are false and calumnious" · "I was disgusted by their calumnious attack on my son's integrity"

That guy whose name is similar to mine likes big words. I guess it confuses the person you are talking to and makes him feel stupid when, in actual fact, you could have used more common words so that everybody understood what you are saying.

"I'd rather be a dumb member of the team than a guy who doesn't fit on the team and is untrustworthy."

Communication is important, especially if you are giving advice. Confusion doesn't really make you sound more intelligent. It just means that a lot of people miss your message.

Maybe it's time for me to give some advice to Robert of the Holy Rosary.

You won't convert people to your beliefs by confusing them. Good grammar helps to get your message across too. Bad grammar will not make you look super intelligent, even if you throw in some unusual words.

Thanks to Richard (of RBB) for lending me his blog so that I could give you this advice."

Tent Horn

Richard (of RBB) here now.

I accidentally left a bit off my music theory advice.

Here it is:

Pentatonic and blues scales.

The C major pentatonic scale has the notes C D E G A.

The relative minor (A minor) has the notes A C D E G.

The relative blues scale has the notes A C D D# E G.

Ciao tutti.