Talk:Colloquialism

message: typing a paper when "when" was underlined and siad it was a colloq somthing does any body care to fill me in. ? 108.167.114.180 (talk) 21:35, 4 October 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: probably means that you said something in an informal manner and they want it said more formally. Hard to say when you just give us a single word from your paper. Wbm1058 (talk) 01:35, 18 January 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  when 

message: The term colloquial name is commonly used on Wikipedia. Somewhere this article should define it. A name is a word or term used for identification, i.e., a specific type of word or term. Terms are words and compound words. A colloquialism is a word, phrase, or paralanguage that is employed in conversational or informal language but not in formal speech or formal writing.  A phrase may refer to any group of words.  Therefore, a colloquial name is a word or term used for identification that is employed in conversational or informal language but not in formal speech or formal writing.  Somewhat different than a common name, which is a word or term used for identification that is most commonly used in reliable sources. ;) – Wbm1058 (talk) 01:26, 18 January 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Colloquial name 

message: If not already found somewhere on Wikipedia, it might be nice to create a List of colloquial expressions in English, perhaps with sections for different varieties of English. I suppose such a list could become pretty long, but I think it could be a useful educational tool. —BarrelProof (talk) 17:32, 3 December 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Creating a list 

message: I removed the entire section. It was worthless in my estimation. 
# Its only reference was to a web site at Princeton University, which was a mirror site of this page! In other words the "reference" was a citation of this page. 
# The "examples" given are not colloquialisms at all, e.g. "Some examples of informal colloquialisms...aphorism ('There's more than one way to skin a cat')... " This aphorism is Standard English, with 48 million hits on Google.
# It repeated content found elsewhere in the article.
# All of the new content was not examples of colloquialisms.
# A significant portion of the content was not even about colloquialisms in any form.
Nick Beeson (talk) 17:55, 31 March 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Examples 

message: As BarrelProof noted above, I think a list of common colloquial expressions would be fun, the "knocked up" example made me laugh! I also noticed that the link for formal speech went to public speaking, and I think this could be better directed. The paragraphs in the usage could also possibly be condensed as they're a bit repetitive. Overall I really like this page, I think ESL learners (and anyone learning another language) are especially keen on understanding and being able to properly use colloquialisms in their target language. Keep up the good work! MissCrystal907 (talk) 02:59, 17 February 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Usage 

message: Now it is correct: "more common in INFORMAL speech, but this does not mean that the expression is inappropriate in FORMAL " 
Used to be garbled up ('in-' just in the wrong place). I do wonder whether people forget to proof-read what they've written down.
80.99.38.199 (talk) 13:48, 16 September 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  explanation section