On Wed, 22 May 2019 at 16:19, Justin Mclean <jus...@classsoftware.com>
wrote:

People often in email list use terms, while possible known, often have a
> very different meanings outside of the US. A large number of US corporate,
> sporting or gambling idioms, would be lost on most people outside the US
>

I was hoping to include things like this under "dialect". it's not just
regional idioms, terms, etc. but cultural ones too. words like "grok",
"bikeshedding", "strawman", etc, can all signal in-group status

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