FAMILIAR LANGUAGE

Familiar is Latin for "belonging to one's family". In this sense, the language you use at home is
your familiar (i.e. your family's) language. Scholars of linguistics often use this phrase in its
original, precise sense.
Colloquial English has down graded the meaning of the word to "anything we meet on a more or
less daily basis, commonly used or known about". In this sense, any language we know well and
use often is a "familiar language" to us.

Fluency in English and Portuguese, some familiarity with Spanish, French, Latin and German, but with
Estuary English as my familiar language in that it is what I speak at home.
intimate, acquainted, common, ordinary, usual, known, unoriginal, accustomed
familiar words for unfamiliar things:

Example :
familiar words for familiar things:
friendly,
Unacquainted, strange, alien, outlandish, exotic, remote, foreign, unknown, novel, original,
different, unusual, extraordinary, unaccustomed, unexplored, anomalous, uncommon

COLLOQUIAL LANGUAGE
characteristic of or appropriate to ordinary or familiar conversationrather than form
al speech or writing; informal.
involving or using conversation.

EXAMPLE:
There are many examples of colloquialisms. Here are a few that are fairly common
and not too specific to any one region. "Anyway" is often used to mean "regardless"
or to return to a previous thought, usually after an interruption. "Get (to)" is another
frequently used one, used in the sense of "to be able to," "to start," and even "to
understand" (as in, "I don't get it"). A few other examples are "dude," "cool," "hot,"
"far out," and "gone." All but the first express that something is good or interesting;
"dude" is used to describe a person. Many of these are probably familiar, although

they may not be currently used. Colloquialisms can go in and out of vernacular
style.
A colloquial style of writing can be very useful for the right genre and the right
audience. It's very common because it's easy to read and makes the subject seem
more familiar Colloquialisms are. also a tool to add a unique flavor to your writing
and to make your voice more appealing. Be sure not to use confusing phrases,
though, and make sure your tone is

appropriate for what you're writing

about and whom you're writing for. Sometimes it can be harder to avoid using
them than it is to incorporate them into your writing, especially when you use them
everyday in speech, as with some of the examples above. Colloquialisms can
quickly become second nature, so be aware of when you're using them in your
writing.

COLLOQUIAL LANGUAGE
A colloquialism is a word, phrase or other form used in informal language. Dictionaries
often display colloquial words and phrases with the abbreviation colloq. as an identifier.
[1]

Colloquialism is related to, but not the same as slang. Some colloquial speech

contains a great deal of slang, but some contains no slang at all. Slang is permitted in
colloquial language, but it is not a necessary element. [2] Other examples of colloquial
usage in English include contractions or profanity.[2]
Colloquial language (also known as colloquial speech or informal language) is
a variety of language commonly employed in conversation or other communication in
informal situations. Colloquial language is distinct from formal speech or formal writing.
[3]

It is the variety of language that speakers typically use when they are relaxed and not

especially self-conscious.[2]
In the philosophy of language the term "colloquial language" refers to ordinary natural
language, as distinct from specialized forms used in logic or other areas of philosophy.
[4]

In the field of logical atomism, meaning is evaluated in a different way than with

more formal propositions.[clarification needed][citation needed]

A colloquial name or familiar name is a name or term commonly used to identify a

person or thing in informal language, in place of another usually more formal or
technical name.
EXAMPLE:
The characteristic style of writing that seeks the effect of informal spoken language as distinct
from formal or literary English. Noun: colloquialism. (See Examples and Observations, below.)
See also:
Conversation
Conversationalization and Informalization
Colloquialization
Informal Style
Word Lengthening
Levels of Usage
Lionel Trilling on Mark Twain's Colloquial Prose Style
Notes on Contractions in English
"On Familiar Style" by William Hazlitt
Vernacular.

FAMILIAR LANGUAGE
commonly or generally known or seen:a familiar sight.
well-acquainted; thoroughly conversant and knowledgeable:She is thoroughly
familiar with editing symbols.
informal;
easygoing;
without ceremony:to write in a familiar style.
closely intimate or personal:to be on familiar terms.

more intimate or personal than is proper; presuming:familiar advances.

1. Also called: familiar spirit a supernatural spirit often assuming animal form,
supposed to attend and aid a witch, wizard, etc
2. a person, attached to the household of the pope or a bishop, who renders service
in return for support
3. a friend or frequent companion

'familiar' also found in these entries:

In the English description:
accustom - acquaint - acquainted - auntie - back formation - bell - chat -community
policing - conversant - cosmopolitan - dick - familiarize - flip side - folk
etymology - foreign gossip - grandfather - ground - hail-fellow-well-met - hick - hobnob - h
ome - home ground - know - lad laddie - lass - liberty - little - moll - neologism - nickname - old - old boy- old
girl - ordinary - pally - parable - pet - public - realism - realist -separation
anxiety - sight - son - sonny - stick - story - that

EXAMPLE:
familiar words for familiar things:
friendly,
Unacquainted, strange, alien, outlandish, exotic, remote, foreign, unknown, novel, original,
different, unusual, extraordinary, unaccustomed, unexplored, anomalous, uncommon