Quote Originally Posted by Throbert McGee View Post
P.S. In English, I might humorously define "obscurantist" as: Someone who lives by the slogan "Never use six one-syllable words when a hundred six-syllable words will suffice"!
I've got an interesting comment from a native English speaker (who doesn't understand Russian) one day
He said that from what he hears Russian language must have the whole shitload of 5-6-7 syllable words which practically are impossible to repeat by an English speaking person. He asked why don't we use smaller words like 2-3 syllables
I told him - three-syllable-words are for sissies