Verbalize Pedantically Thread

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This post is quite bland and not pedantical. There aren't many fancy words here, because I know none.

Your vocabulary needs a small rehearsal with a nice thorough reading of the dictionary.

I have not the slightest conception why most individuals with Asperger's Syndrome tend to verbalize pedantically. In fact, I always use pedantic speech even when it is unnecessary.

This thought, which is contained in a brain with which I utilize an inordinate quantity of time fabricating information of questionable legitimacy, is of an indeterminable articulatory nature. Consequentially, these utterances, which are the inevitable consequence of way too much free time, may possess the unfortunate endowment of tremendous unapprehensibility.

It would indeed be a supreme rhetoric delight if that fellow member of ours who goes by the assumed name of Richie (but ordinarily writes it using an initial lowercase) deigned to regale us with his grammatical talents in our small verbose merriment.

As an aside: I work at a call center where we're advised never to give a blunt response to customers. Often, when a customer is angry and asks things like, "So I should go back to the store and ask for a refund? Is that what you're saying?", I prefer not to bluntly say "Yes you should," but to circumvent it in the most diplomatic way, like "Actually, if you find that it is preferable for you, then I'd say yes, that would be the best course of action to follow." Also, instead of "No, we don't sell that," I respond "I'm afraid that won't be possible, ma'am, and I fully apologize for this unfortunate inconvenience."

Why has this thread of pedantic speech buried itself in the sands of time? To whom does it benefit that we let this entertaining discussion on matters of arcane grammar formulating syntactic horrors alien to the majority's eyes but pleasing to ours?