Monday, May 3, 2010

Telling Phrase: an invitation

I have no idea what this particular use of language means. So, for this telling phrase, the telling bit is that which is not told.

The cafe tables in the Cave have been recently littered with business card-size invitations. They are white, with pink and green lettering and they read:

The Ladies of Pink & Green
Invite you
Friday, April 30 at 8:08 p.m.
Brown Hall Auditorium
COME SEE THE CLASSY LADIES OF AKA

This invitation does not say what you would have found if you showed up at Brown last Friday at 8:08 - some sorrority ladies, but what else? This lack of information suggests that Greek culture on campus is so well-known and it's events so anticipated that there's no need to inform anyone what's happening.

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