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Monday, 18 February 2008
Overheard, to my sorrow
Overheard from another table this morning at breakfast in a public setting:
"This change is necessitating reorging."
Arrghh. No confirmation at this time whether the speaker was actually David Brent.
Posted by Brad Warthen at 06:14 PM in Business, In Our Time, Words, Working
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Was the person a native speaker of American English? Or is this a previously unknown language?
Posted by: Karen McLeod | Feb 19, 2008 9:50:51 AM
Did the speaker hold an endowed chair?
Posted by: weldon VII | Feb 19, 2008 10:24:39 AM
You had breakfast at the White House? Impressive. I misunderestimated your connections, Brad.
Posted by: James D McCallister | Feb 19, 2008 11:26:19 AM
Yes, that was my subliminable message. And no, weldon, the context wasn't academic. From what I heard in spite of my effort not to, it had to do with private non-profits.
Posted by: Brad Warthen | Feb 19, 2008 12:38:33 PM
Subliminable? I resemble that remark.
Posted by: weldon VII | Feb 20, 2008 12:11:21 AM
