Possibly. But the entry of informal contractions in formal situations causes loss of effect, i feel.
Sent from BlackBerry® on Airtel -----Original Message----- From: Deepak Shenoy <deepakshe...@gmail.com> Sender: silklist-bounces+nikhil.mehra773=gmail....@lists.hserus.net Date: Fri, 13 Jul 2012 22:58:52 To: <silklist@lists.hserus.net> Reply-To: silklist@lists.hserus.net Subject: Re: [silk] outdated words in "Indian English" On Fri, Jul 13, 2012 at 10:56 PM, Nikhil Mehra <nikhil.mehra...@gmail.com> wrote: > Sure but language also has aesthetic effect. There's a tone to words, quite > separate from the meaning of the words, that enhances the meaning because of > the intonation. Oh but we as humans derive meaning from whatever being exposed to something long enough, like playing solitaire :) Or Like this http://xkcd.com/915/
