Ma ... From Maternal

Pa ... From Paternal 

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From: piclist-bounces@mit.edu [mailto:piclist-bounces@mit.edu] On Behalf
Of Russell McMahon
Sent: Thursday, June 21, 2007 10:24 AM
To: Microcontroller discussion list - Public.
Subject: Re: [OT] Units rant

> ... and maybe fortnight is not that
> frequent in formal (business) language?

We have almost no formal distinctions between formal and informal
language. There is some distinction between polite and familiar forms of
address but these tend to be informal ;-).

Mother / mum. mummy, ma
Father / Dad, daddy
Hello, Good morning / Hi.


While there are indeed "colloquialisms" and contractions which you would
not use in polite or business settings, almost any word which is
acceptable English is 'good to go' in almost any context. So 'fortnight'
could be used without raising an eyebrow in any context at all.


        Russell


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