"slang" and "informal" as dict labels [WAS: shirty?]

Kim & Rima McKinzey rkmck at EARTHLINK.NET
Mon Feb 17 08:32:55 UTC 2003


>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".

Rima



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