JIM DOHERTY:
Setting isn't the
> issue. Toughness and colloquialism is.
You are using the wrong word! I think you mean down to earth
behavior instead you are saying conversational language
derived from the working class that doesn't have to follow
the rules of formal language. I don't see how you can define
being hard boiled solely by the language. Why not try
defining hard boiled as being tough and having a realistic
attitude? Mark
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