On Sun, Jun 28, 2009 at 11:48 AM, Emily Monroe <bluecaliocean(a)me.com> wrote:
I like formality--plus I tend not to use idioms
online. Even in an
English forum, we'll have people who don't read English well, or who
can't interpret metamorphic speech very well.
Excellent points.
Just a little nitpick: "metamorphic" is not used in linguistics - the
lingustic term is "morphological," but I understand you probably mean
"idiomatic" or 'conceptually amorphous.' Interesting point, but in
reality
we just use the terms "informal," "idiomatic" or
"colloquial"
(language/speech) to deal with expressions that are not "formal," and thus
more direct.
Ah. But could you please clarify what specifically you
mean by the
terms "too much" and "can happen"?
What I've already said, actually.
I read everything you've written here and didn't catch any specifics. That's
why I asked.
I've read a
little in the arbcom archives, and know people sometimes won't
participate in their own RfC, or won't comply with whatever consensus
there is (that was achieved through DR). If people won't participate/
cooperate with something most definitely *on wiki*, why would they
participate on something that talks about Wikipedia?
Good point, Emily. Ironically enough though, Arbcom itself doesn't
participate much in openly discussing its cases. Strange isn't it?
-Stevertigo
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