Date:  Wed, 16 Apr 1997 16:35:34 -0700
<br>From:  Peter Richardson  prichard[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]LINFIELD.EDU 
<br>Subject: Re: plea for advice
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<br>   hinders human relationships and must be used carefully.
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<br>  Must it ALWAYS "be used carefully"? Can't we sometime just thro it aroun
<br>  like issa big ol' beach ball bouncin' in the grandstand of humanity?
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<br>You betcha. And I take what you just wrote as careful--knowledgeable--use
<br>of the language for a specific purpose. This isn't exactly the equivalent
<br>of the haberdasher's "sloppy chic" (I know that's not the term, but the
<br>real one eludes me at the moment), but you have to be able to use the
<br>language well to misuse it well...
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<br>I had, by the way, thought of using either a volume of the DARE or the
<br>first volume of the Random House Hist. Dict. of American Slang, thinking
<br>the students would at least have something in hand that they wouldn't want
<br>to sell back to the bookstore at the end of the term. But then I don't
<br>have any experience using either of these as a single text for entry-level
<br>students. So I still need that advice, Colleagues!
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<br> PR
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