"slang" and "informal" as dict labels

[Charlie]

Everyone who lives in the many little-known suburbs of Philadelphia claims
Philadelphia as their hometown.  Anyone who claims he is from "Philly"
sounds like a suburbanite to me.

Charles J. Cunningham

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----- Original Message -----
From: "Peter A. McGraw" <pmcgraw at LINFIELD.EDU>
To: <ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
Sent: Monday, February 17, 2003 2:12 PM
Subject: Re: "slang" and "informal" as dict labels


> That's strange!  The first person I ever heard use the term "Philly" was a
> fellow student at college who was from Philadelphia.  His sentence, spoken
> in heartfelt tones, was: "I love Philly."
>
> Peter Mc.
>
> --On Monday, February 17, 2003 12:35 PM -0500 Charlie
<cjc3esq at COMCAST.NET>
> wrote:
>
> > Similar to the dislike of Philly among Philadelphians.
> >
> > Charles J. Cunningham, III Esq.
> > Suite 2140
> > 123 South Broad St.
> > Philadelphia PA 19109
> >
> > (215) 985-9500
> >
> > mailto:cjc3esq at comcast.net
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "James A. Landau" <JJJRLandau at AOL.COM>
> > To: <ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
> > Sent: Monday, February 17, 2003 10:21 AM
> > Subject: Re: "slang" and "informal" as dict labels
> >
> >
> >> In a message dated 02/17/2003 3:33:02 AM Eastern Standard Time,
> >> rkmck at EARTHLINK.NET writes:
> >>
> >> > > BTW, most of us who read science fiction prefer the abbreviation
> >> >  > "sf"/"SF". Many of us, though by no means all, dislike or even
> >> >  > detest the expression "sci-fi".
> >> >
> >> >  It's similar to the dislike of Frisco for San Francisco.  But I
admit
> >> >  I never understood the detestation for either that or "sci-fi".
> >>
> >> The term "sci-fi" (which I understand was coined by Forrest J.
Ackerman,
> >> a person of some controversy among SF fans) was applied to, and
> >> popularized
> > by,
> >> Hollywood science fiction films.  Since most Hollywood SF, until Star
> > Wars,
> >> was schlock, SF fans acquired very negative connotations for "sci-fi".
> > Since
> >> the standards for plausibility and scientific literacy in written SF
> >> (particularly in Astounding Science Fiction, the leading SF magazine
> >> since the 1930's) are much higher than Hollywood's standards, fans of
> >> written SF understandably took a poor view of the Hollywood stuff.
> >>
> >> So to an SF fan, to hear his beloved written material referred to as
> > "sci-fi"
> >> was an insult.  Unforunately the mainstream media never caught onto the
> >> distinction and labelled written SF as "sci-fi"...
> >>
> >> At least this is my understanding.
> >>
> >> I have no idea about San Francisco (which is also sometimes called
"SF",
> >> isn't it?).
> >>
> >>              - Jim Landau
>
>
>
>
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>                                Peter A. McGraw
>                    Linfield College   *   McMinnville, OR
>                             pmcgraw at linfield.edu