This is an interesting subject that you've raised. I think that language has been and is being deliberately used by some people as a class barrier. To me, the most important thing about speaking correctly is to be understood correctly, more so with people close to you (family and loved ones) than in business, politics, diplomacy (these are a special bunch of speakers here), etc. The question of intelligence does not arise for me.

That's an interesting point. Would you happen to have any particular examples? Or, could you elaborate on that even more?

In fact, some people are so very good at communicating without resorting only to words. A picture paints a thousand words. A glance, a gesture, a movement, an expression, all these take a naturally sensitive and/or intelligent person to communicate to another.


Yes, this to me is definitely "paralanguage", the idea of which I find quite interesting.

There are many facial expressions, ways to move body, and phatic language sounds that can indicate something we are thinking about.

This is usually done quite unconciously, though I would also say it is done quite conciously as well.

Can we really substitute this nonverbal communication with smileys and emoticons?

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