fancy vs affected

Davis, Boyd bdavis at EMAIL.UNCC.EDU
Sat Jul 22 22:02:21 UTC 2000


Re either/patio/envelope

I'm wrestling with (and collecting definitions for) distinctions among
labels such as _elevated, refined, educated, fancy, affected_. I seem to
have a continuum (though I didn't grow up hearing 'refined') keyed to
appropriateness for gender within region: anybody else?



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