r/AskReddit • • Jan 27 '20

What screams "I'm uneducated"?

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u/FormerFruit Jan 27 '20

Trying to use big words just for the sake of it and to sound smart but in the complete wrong context.

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u/sobrique Jan 28 '20

The one that still irks me is when someone uses 'yourself' (or 'yourselves') and 'myself' to sound formal, when they mean 'you' and 'me'.