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user-inactivated  ·  2731 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Pubski: May 24, 2017

    you could have a dialogue in formal language, as long as you make sure everyone understands the language while you're talking.

Good point. There's a place for any kind of language and a time to use it. Academic speech belongs in academia, and slang belongs in the group of origin.