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

From:<veritosproject@...>
Date:Thursday, October 27, 2005, 22:50
Watch my replyto.

I hear it plenty  but mostly what I hear is "I'll call so-and-so".

On 10/27/05, David J. Peterson <dedalvs@...> wrote:
> Hi Henrik, > > First let me say that this strikes me as incredibly bizarre. That is, > was this just unprompted? I can't imagine someone sending me > an e-mail about my website about my created languages and > telling me to change the content because of how that viewer > perceived it. In your case, it might be different, because English > is an L2, but I've always found your English more than comprehensible. > Plus, it's not like it's your responsibility to convey the information > you want to convey: (a) in English at all, or (b) in a register of > English that I find acceptable. That's just ridiculous. > > Having said that, if you send us a link to exactly where you use > the phrase "drop me a line" (which I'm sure I've seen on L1 > English speakers websites, conlang or non), I and other English > L1 speakers can take a look at it, and see what possibly this > person is responding to. Out of context, I can't really tell you. > "Drop me a line", however, doesn't strike me as informal enough > to be "cool". Professors use it all the time, where I'm from. > > -David > ******************************************************************* > "A male love inevivi i'ala'i oku i ue pokulu'ume o heki a." > "No eternal reward will forgive us now for wasting the dawn." > > -Jim Morrison > > http://dedalvs.free.fr/ >