Talk:yell silently

Deletion debate
Do you feel we should include all instances of any rhetorical device that anyone is inclined to enter (subject to attestation, of course) ? DCDuring TALK * Holiday Greetings! 16:05, 27 December 2009 (UTC)


 * Delete. This isn't even as common as “scream silently”. —Ruakh TALK 16:17, 27 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Unsure. Mglovesfun (talk) 10:37, 28 December 2009 (UTC)
 * I assumed on seeing the nomination that the phrase meant to quietly talk in a rebuking tone of voice. Bgc does not seem to have it that way: all its hits for the phrase are either for our current definition (to have a strong but unarticulated emotion) or ambiguous. So keep as undecipherable from parts. &#x200b;— msh210 ℠ 17:52, 29 December 2009 (UTC)

No consensus. Mglovesfun (talk) 19:21, 2 April 2010 (UTC)

Msh, wouldn't that be to yell quietly? Delete. DAVilla 04:07, 27 June 2010 (UTC)

RFD discussion: September 2018–February 2019
The first deletion request was inconclusive. SOP. Per utramque cavernam 10:46, 9 September 2018 (UTC)
 * Keep, per msh in Talk:yell silently: "I assumed on seeing the nomination that the phrase meant to quietly talk in a rebuking tone of voice. Bgc does not seem to have it that way: all its hits for the phrase are either for our current definition (to have a strong but unarticulated emotion) or ambiguous. So keep as undecipherable from parts." From my perspective, we do not say this in Czech and I would not know I can say this in English to the effect described in the entry. The fact that this is not literal speech is of note. However, gives me a pause: the term seems rather one-off and therefore possibly a non-lexicalized rhetorical construction, in this case oxymoron. screem silently gives less doubt. --Dan Polansky (talk) 12:14, 23 September 2018 (UTC)


 * RFD kept: no consensus after many months. To address my hesitation given I am the sole keeper: over 5 months have elapsed during which people cold post. --Dan Polansky (talk) 10:53, 16 February 2019 (UTC)