RE: Re: dialect/jargon

From: donald_at_...
Date: Thu, 10 Nov 2005 20:46:49 GMT


In message <BAY103-F606D489CD6A78087BD228A8660_at_...> "Mike Holmes" writes:

>I agree, but that's why I said "at a high level." That is, I imagine most
>tradetalk actually occurs at the default 6 level. But that Merchants should
>get it at keyword level. Some master merchant with 5W Tradetalk might be
>able to speak to another merchant in a way to expedite communication, but
>which would also alienate the casual trade talk person.
>
>Or maybe not, just a theory. Maybe having it at high level might actually
>make it easier to understand.

I think it just gets more specialised at higher levels. An Etyries merchant can explain double entry bookkeeping in Tradetalk. The average speaker would go "Uhhh, why would I want to know that?"

-- 
Donald Oddy
http://www.grove.demon.co.uk/

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