"slang" and "informal" as dict labels

[Peter A. McGraw]

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.
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> ----- 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