Date: Fri, 24 Oct 1997 01:55:49 EDT

From: Julia Cochran COCPROFS[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]UGA.CC.UGA.EDU

Subject: Re: sociolinguistic competence



On Thu, 23 Oct 1997 16:42:55 -0400 Beverly Flanigan said:



On "Bless you" specifically: It is of course intended as a "tail wag"

(referred to generally as phatic communication). But the presumed

sharing of a religious/theological frame of reference is what I react

to when I remain silent



Maybe, to be consistent, then, one might become silently angry whenever one is

subjected to other religiously/theologically framed expressions such as "damn

it," "go to hell," and "oh my God!"