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Q: Can we say "colloquial context" or "conversational context" instead of "informal context"?

Fire and IceInstead of saying "informal context", can we say either "conversational context" or "colloquial context"? I thought the words "conversational" and "colloquial" might not be used to desribe a context or a situation since they are generally used to modify language, words or style etc. For example c...

word-usage word-choice phrase-choice
 
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Eddie Kal
Eddie Kal
05:05
@AIQ No
 
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CowperKettle
CowperKettle
06:11
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M.A.R.
M.A.R.
@CowperKettle It's normal
 
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AIQ
AIQ
07:30
@EddieKal If you are not too busy and are here, can I ask you to take a look at one of my answers?
 
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CowperKettle
CowperKettle
09:28
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AIQ
AIQ
10:57
@simonatrcl The telegraph is still a newspaper. However "quality" they may be, they all contribute to the deterioration of the English language. — Prime Mover Jun 16 at 22:02
 
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Eddie Kal
Eddie Kal
15:31
@AIQ I am on now
user435118
15:55
@Glorfindel Why did you change the name of the channel in this edit?
Glorfindel
Glorfindel
@Daniil unnecessary self-promotion
user435118
Btw, that user has a spammy bio
Glorfindel
Glorfindel
just like example.com is often used instead of a real domain on Stack Overflow.
@Daniil exactly.
user435118
Where did Acme Corporation come from?
Eddie Kal
Eddie Kal
@Daniil It's brilliant. I didn't know that either.
user435118
15:59
@EddieKal What do you mean?
Eddie Kal
Eddie Kal
Acme Corporation
The Acme Corporation is a fictional corporation that features prominently in the Road Runner/Wile E. Coyote animated shorts as a running gag featuring outlandish products that fail or backfire catastrophically at the worst possible times. The name is also used as a generic title in many cartoons, especially those made by Warner Bros., and films, TV series, commercials and comic strips. The company name in the Road Runner cartoons is ironic, since the word acme is derived from Greek (ακμή; English transliteration: akmē) meaning the peak, zenith or prime, yet products from the fictional Ac...
user435118
Huh, clever Glor :)
Glorfindel
Glorfindel
thanks
 
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ColleenV
ColleenV
17:38
@CowperKettle Took me a minute to get that one, but it was worth the wait :)
AIQ
AIQ
18:14
@Glorfindel That user is suspended in Jap SE
that bio is killing me
Glorfindel
Glorfindel
@AIQ yes, but not for self-promotion. Self-promotion on profile pages is allowed.
@AIQ same here ...
AIQ
AIQ
@Glorfindel oh didn't know that ... I remember we had one like that in ELL. And there is a meta question too
@Glorfindel If you haven't already seen this
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A: Why was my question deleted?

AstralbeeYour answers so far on the site have been of extremely poor quality, and in many cases, incorrect. The fact you have gained a small measure of reputation on the site is due mainly to your scattergun approach, and in part due to the misplaced trust of the English learners whose questions you have ...

I mean that case was different, but again the user (or users) shared some similar characteristics
@ColleenV Just downright avoided me
Glorfindel
Glorfindel
Thanks, missed that one.
M.A.R.
M.A.R.
19:20
@AIQ FTR, I obviously didn't take offense and no non-ignorant person will but "Jap" is a slur if you didn't know
My point being that it's a dangerous way to shorten "Japanese"
AIQ
AIQ
sorry i didn't know
M.A.R.
M.A.R.
No need to apologize, but I think you owe me a sandwich
 
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Q: To move my question to English Language & Usage

john c. j.I asked this one Is it OK to use "otherwise" after "where"? question assuming it will be very easy and straightforward to answer. That is, a typical question from a foreign person who don't really know the language. As I see now, this question is much less straightforward as I thought, and it w...

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