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.'
I meant slang words, idioms, etc. Is that what you're talking about?
I read everything you've written here and didn't catch any specifics. That's why I asked.
Maybe I can't be more specific, due to inexperience. That sounds like an excuse, but still, it's the truth.
Emily On Jun 28, 2009, at 2:13 PM, stevertigo wrote:
On Sun, Jun 28, 2009 at 11:48 AM, Emily Monroe bluecaliocean@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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