Re: KLBC: *London*Daq lengwIj

["David Trimboli" <SuStel@email.msn.com>]

Why?  Why would some guy, being stopped by a guard, feel compelled to speak
formally about the guard's job?  Slang is not a reflection of the formality
of the topic, it is a reflection of the formality of the speaker.

As long as Matt is aware that it is slang, and used it that way
intentionally, there's no problem.

Or, could I not say, "They threw me into the slammer"?

SuStel
Stardate 99060.3

-----Original Message-----
From: Alan Anderson <aranders@netusa1.net>
To: Multiple recipients of list <tlhingan-hol@kli.org>
Date: Friday, January 22, 1999 1:39 AM
Subject: RE: KLBC: *London*Daq lengwIj


>ja' Matt Johnson:
>>...
>> muyu' 'avwI'. rInDI' ghIghDaj, jItaHlaH.
>>...
>{ghIgh} for "task" is a slang term, and I'm not really comfortable
>with the way you've applied it to the official job of the guard.
>Somehow it seems out of place in a description of his formal duty.