Re: OT: English: 'Drop me a line'

I have heard, "Drop us a line," on the evening news, inviting viewers to
write in with their opinions.
Scotto
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Sent: Thu, October 27, 2005 6:41 PM
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Subject: Re: OT: English: 'Drop me a line'


Hi!

> > Background information: a while ago I got anonymous feedback for my
> > webpage which told me that I should not try to be cool by using the
> > above-mentioned idiom.
First of all: thanks clarifying this strange matter! :-)


Paul wrote:
> Congratulations, you found one of the incredibly rare crazy people on
> the  Internet.
Well, a lot of the feedback I get is just strange.  Since this one was
at least a whole sentence, I had to take it seriously! :-)

>...
> If anything, the idiom is a bit old-fashioned rather than cool, but
> this Brit in America considers it perfectly acceptable modern
> colloquial for "get in touch with me". I'd even personally allow it
> as U, though I think I think of it as non-U.
and veritoproject wrote:
> I hear it plenty  but mostly what I hear is "I'll call so-and-so".
and Gary wrote:
> I remember hearing "Drop me a line" when I was a kd in
> the 1950's so it's not new enough to be "cool".
Aha, ok!


David wrote:
> First let me say that this strikes me as incredibly bizarre.  That
> is, was this just unprompted?  ...
I found it bizarre, too, therefore I was asking.  There was nothing
but one sentence.  And no context, and of course, no email address.

>...
> Having said that, if you send us a link to exactly where you use the
> phrase "drop me a line" ...
It's on every page just under the feedback input.  So it was feedback
about the feedback function. :-)

**Henrik

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