[WikiEN-l] Dispute resolution mailing list

[Emily Monroe]

> 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 at 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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