YDI for trying to show off with fancy vocabulary when you're applying to work at mcdonalds.

YDI for talking too good

that is absoulutely retarded -_-

I pity the OP. I have friends that often insult me for speaking with the static of someone who can Google "grammar", and don't simply rely on United States "education" to teach him or herself things. I'm told quite constantly that I need to learn to "talk like a human", rather than "like a teacher or something." I'll never understand why it became "cool" to speak like one has never learned what the difference between homonyms are. I remember going over homonyms in the second grade. Yet, I still meet men and women in their 60's that lack the verbal ability to say, "They're going to your house". I find it ironic when people patronize me for "talkin like sum guy in college", but then, those same people will ask me for help writing an essay, or doing homework. Apparently, I'm a loser for being educated, but I'm the shit when it comes to light that education matters. Poo.

All Americans who cannot speak proper English, PLEASE stop trying to defend American English on FML. You're making us look ridiculously uneducated. I mean, we are, but please stop pushing it in the other countrys' faces.

I really don't think the OP is responsible. If Americans had higher standards for themselves, we wouldn't be in this situation. We don't even know how "educated" the OP sounded, therefore we can't and shouldn't pass judgement on them for using "hifalutin" words in an interview. For all we know, he/she was speaking in normal style of speak and the interviewer felt differently. It's all a matter of opinion, and we should NEVER put someone down because of knowledge, education, and competence.

To all of those saying English is a useless degree - many, many jobs can be found where any degree is good, even if it seems specialized. I once knew someone who was a zookeeper - but his degree was in (of all things) Political Science. To all those who are talking about the English language, let me leave you with something I was taught in my Journalism Studies class: Never use a big word when a diminutive one will do.

You must be buzz lightyear... "Years of academy training... wasted!!" Seriously. For those people saying that an English major is useless, think about all the devices that come with manuals. Who do you think write those (other than the ones that are obvious bad translations from Chinese to English)? Website designers, document writers, translators, errmmm... English teachers. Do you think all those sciency people know how to "write good"???

"People who use big words have small minds" which means its ok to be smart, just don't be condescending, which is how your interviewer might have viewed you.

evidence that society retards intelligence! Continue using correct and proper grammar. The last thing the world needs is another moronic speaking individual!