[He's trying, though, and doing pretty well all considered. She's not going to dumb down her words or sentence structure (that's not going to help him learn) but she's going to try to maybe meter her speech a little so he can keep up.]

I left it open to interpretation for that reason. It can be as petty or as universal as you want. If the writers of the Renaissance can damn their pet peeves, then so can you!

[...That sounds weirdly liberating, doesn't it?]