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Lamplighter · 08-24-2012, 04:23 PM

A nice looking combination at all ages...

monster · 08-24-2012, 05:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by infinite monkey

Microsoft Office thinks I'm Portuguese and Google thinks I'm Filipino.

I don't know why.

Better than the micro office thinking you're soft, and the Filipinos thinking you're google.

infinite monkey · 08-27-2012, 04:36 PM

Molly Ringwald has a book out. I read an interview. She said "how many actresses do you know that write?"

Well, Molly, honey...I love you really, but how many actresses do you know who write well?

Who, Molly. Who. Who refers to people. That refers to things.

Yes yes, I know that someone could dig up something on the interwebz finding some kind of justification for this 'nails on a chalkboard' idea of saying 'people that' but I find it to be a way of justifying lazy grammar.

I shudder whenever I read 'that' when 'who' is called for. I don't consider myself some amazing grammarian. It's just common sense.

Sundae · 08-27-2012, 05:24 PM

I have to think on that one.
I'm sure I use "people that" but I understand why it might be wrong.

I will guard myself against it in future!

I still shimmy around the word "git" which my teacher when I was nine had an aversion to.
Same with "a lot". "A lot is something you bid on in an auction, not a degree of quantity!"
Yes Mrs Quant (SIL to Mary, incidentally).

Lola Bunny · 08-27-2012, 08:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sundae

Same with "a lot". "A lot is something you bid on in an auction, not a degree of quantity!"

A degree of quantity is spelled alot.

footfootfoot · 08-27-2012, 08:46 PM

How many actresses DO, you know that, right?

The emphasis may have been on the wrong syllable.

footfootfoot · 08-27-2012, 08:49 PM

alot

Alot is anot aword

infinite monkey · 08-27-2012, 10:00 PM

alot ain't no word!

Seriously.

Neither is irregardless, regardless of how some will protest.

infinite monkey · 08-27-2012, 10:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by footfootfoot

How many actresses DO, you know that, right?

The emphasis may have been on the wrong syllable.

Ha! You might be. Right?

Aliantha · 08-28-2012, 07:58 PM

If anyone needs any green slime, I have heaps I can give you.

infinite monkey · 08-28-2012, 08:41 PM

I'm sorry. Is that a pregnancy complication? Green slime?

Aliantha · 08-29-2012, 06:58 AM

lol...no. It's a snot complication.

infinite monkey · 08-29-2012, 07:33 AM

Whew! Better that, though snot ain't so fun either. Dealing with some of that myself.

anonymous · 09-04-2012, 08:31 AM

Didn't want to start a thread, so putting this here:

Meeting with the consultant today, the one for assessing office culture and environment (later we will have those looking at our actual processes.)

I have good ideas, and I'm prepared, but I'm nervous. Also, I've got work up to my eyeballs...there just isn't enough time.

So my presentation, if you will, will involve outlining where I think MY job should be...what I was expecting when I was hired (I was grossly misled) and a suggestion of removing the position from this office to the accounting sector.

You can't tell a person to lay off on the customer service and teamwork so as to better focus on your primary responsibility, yet keep putting that person in the direct line of customer service and teamwork. I'm very good at it, but it isn't why I took this job. I wanted to do the the numbers side, like I'm supposed to. Instead, every deadline comes and I'm struggling and accounting thinks I'm incompetent (because yeah, the leaders are going to say: she's behind because we make her do a thousand other things.)

I'm going to post this as anon though I know most of you know who this is (I've done that previously, not trying to hide from those who know me here but protecting myself from those who don't and those who might google.)

So, thanks for the practice. Back to the trenches for now.

ZenGum · 09-04-2012, 08:52 AM

Well, ahem, Anon (giggles) ... you probably know this already, but I'd just like to say:

This is your chance to be heard. Speak loud and clear and long. Back up your facts with examples. Show them your documentation, which we know you have. Do not pull punches. Stick to your guns. Name names. Do not let them argue you out of anything. No prisoners.

This has to work. MAKE IT SO.

Grrr. Go get em, tiger.

ETA: oh, and avoid cliches like the plague.

08-24-2012, 04:23 PM	#3181
Lamplighter Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Bottom lands of the Missoula floods Posts: 6,402	A nice looking combination at all ages... Attached Images

08-27-2012, 05:24 PM	#3184
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	I have to think on that one. I'm sure I use "people that" but I understand why it might be wrong. I will guard myself against it in future! I still shimmy around the word "git" which my teacher when I was nine had an aversion to. Same with "a lot". "A lot is something you bid on in an auction, not a degree of quantity!" Yes Mrs Quant (SIL to Mary, incidentally). __________________ Life's hard you know, so strike a pose on a Cadillac

08-27-2012, 08:46 PM	#3186
footfootfoot To shreds, you say? Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: in the house and on the street-how many, many feet we meet! Posts: 18,449	How many actresses DO, you know that, right? The emphasis may have been on the wrong syllable. __________________ The internet is a hateful stew of vomit you can never take completely seriously. - Her Fobs

08-27-2012, 08:49 PM	#3187
footfootfoot To shreds, you say? Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: in the house and on the street-how many, many feet we meet! Posts: 18,449	alot Alot is anot aword __________________ The internet is a hateful stew of vomit you can never take completely seriously. - Her Fobs

08-28-2012, 07:58 PM	#3190
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	If anyone needs any green slime, I have heaps I can give you. __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

08-27-2012, 04:36 PM	#3183
infinite monkey Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 13,002	Molly Ringwald has a book out. I read an interview. She said "how many actresses do you know that write?" Well, Molly, honey...I love you really, but how many actresses do you know who write well? Who, Molly. Who. Who refers to people. That refers to things. Yes yes, I know that someone could dig up something on the interwebz finding some kind of justification for this 'nails on a chalkboard' idea of saying 'people that' but I find it to be a way of justifying lazy grammar. I shudder whenever I read 'that' when 'who' is called for. I don't consider myself some amazing grammarian. It's just common sense.

08-27-2012, 10:00 PM	#3188
infinite monkey Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 13,002	alot ain't no word! Seriously. Neither is irregardless, regardless of how some will protest.

08-28-2012, 08:41 PM	#3191
infinite monkey Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 13,002	I'm sorry. Is that a pregnancy complication? Green slime?

08-29-2012, 06:58 AM	#3192
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	lol...no. It's a snot complication. __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

08-29-2012, 07:33 AM	#3193
infinite monkey Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 13,002	Whew! Better that, though snot ain't so fun either. Dealing with some of that myself.

09-04-2012, 08:31 AM	#3194
anonymous Operations Operative Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: in hiding Posts: 578	Didn't want to start a thread, so putting this here: Meeting with the consultant today, the one for assessing office culture and environment (later we will have those looking at our actual processes.) I have good ideas, and I'm prepared, but I'm nervous. Also, I've got work up to my eyeballs...there just isn't enough time. So my presentation, if you will, will involve outlining where I think MY job should be...what I was expecting when I was hired (I was grossly misled) and a suggestion of removing the position from this office to the accounting sector. You can't tell a person to lay off on the customer service and teamwork so as to better focus on your primary responsibility, yet keep putting that person in the direct line of customer service and teamwork. I'm very good at it, but it isn't why I took this job. I wanted to do the the numbers side, like I'm supposed to. Instead, every deadline comes and I'm struggling and accounting thinks I'm incompetent (because yeah, the leaders are going to say: she's behind because we make her do a thousand other things.) I'm going to post this as anon though I know most of you know who this is (I've done that previously, not trying to hide from those who know me here but protecting myself from those who don't and those who might google.) So, thanks for the practice. Back to the trenches for now.

09-04-2012, 08:52 AM	#3195
ZenGum Doctor Wtf Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Badelaide, Baustralia Posts: 12,861	Well, ahem, Anon (giggles) ... you probably know this already, but I'd just like to say: This is your chance to be heard. Speak loud and clear and long. Back up your facts with examples. Show them your documentation, which we know you have. Do not pull punches. Stick to your guns. Name names. Do not let them argue you out of anything. No prisoners. This has to work. MAKE IT SO. Grrr. Go get em, tiger. ETA: oh, and avoid cliches like the plague. __________________ Shut up and hug. MoreThanPretty, Nov 5, 2008. Just because I'm nominally polite, does not make me a pussy. Sundae Girl.

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