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Discussion Groups / English Usage / May 2009Little Irritations in the Life of an AUEer
Sometimes,I get way too irritated with things I read or hear. Here's one example: Excerpt from CNBC's Web site yesterday (May 11, 2009): < http://www.cnbc.com/id/30682967 > [...] GM's current restructuring plan, which is supported by the U.S. autos task force headed by former investment banker Steve Rattner, would cut about 21,000 more U.S. factory jobs. But Henderson said GM was ready to negotiate everything with the UAW in talks now underway. "This is something that we would want to have a dialogue with them," he said. [...] Minor point: In the first sentence, "autos" needs an apostrophe, methinks. Second sentence: Why begin with the word "but"? In the last sentence, an "about" somewhere wouldn't hurt. (Did Henderson really say it that way, or was he misquoted? One wonders.)  SignatureMaria Conlon Maria Conlon set the following eddies spiralling through the space-time continuum: > Sometimes,I get way too irritated with things I read or hear. > [quoted text clipped - 23 lines] > In the last sentence, an "about" somewhere wouldn't hurt. (Did Henderson > really say it that way, or was he misquoted? One wonders.) At least "dialogue" is correctly spelt for once. Signature<unknown> has caused an error in <unknown>. <unknown> will now close. Hairy Monster set the following eddies spiralling through the space-time continuum: > Maria Conlon set the following eddies spiralling through the space-time > continuum: Hey that's MY lead-in. Devise one of your own. Signatureξ:) Proud to be curly Interchange the alphabetic letter groups to reply >> Maria Conlon set the following eddies spiralling through the >> space-time >> continuum: > > Hey that's MY lead-in. Devise one of your own. I noticed that and wondered if you had progressed* from "curly" to "hairy." * Should that be "regressed"? SignatureMaria Conlon Maria Conlon set the following eddies spiralling through the space-time continuum: >>> Maria Conlon set the following eddies spiralling through the >>> space-time [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > * Should that be "regressed"? I am rather hairy (and proud of it) (and yes it's all curly) but I'm certainly not a monster. Signatureξ:) Proud to be curly Interchange the alphabetic letter groups to reply >>>> Maria Conlon set the following eddies spiralling through the >>>> space-time continuum: [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > I am rather hairy (and proud of it) (and yes it's all curly) but I'm > certainly not a monster. Even though we've never met in RL, I tend to agree that you're not a monster. (And "Hairy Monster" probably isn't, either.) But both of you could be Cookie Monsters, I suppose. -- Maria Conlon Maria Conlon set the following eddies spiralling through the space-time continuum: >>>>> Maria Conlon set the following eddies spiralling through the >>>>> space-time continuum: [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > > But both of you could be Cookie Monsters, I suppose. Yes I still tend to over-indulge in the cookies :) But I like to think I'm one of the nice guys here. Signatureξ:) Proud to be curly Interchange the alphabetic letter groups to reply Maria Conlon spouted forth: (there PJ satisfied?) >>> Maria Conlon set the following eddies spiralling through the >>> space-time [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > * Should that be "regressed"? Are you calling me regressed? PJ: > I am rather hairy go and have a shave Signature<unknown> has caused an error in <unknown>. <unknown> will now close. > Maria Conlon spouted forth: (there PJ satisfied?) > [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > > Are you calling me regressed? I was just wondering if going from "curly" to "hairy" is progression (say, more curly hair -- perhaps sort of good) or regression (curliness being lost in a sudden spurt of excessive growth of new, straight hair -- probably not-so-good). Of course, it could be neither: it could simply be "change." [...] Maria, who has thin, straight hair but is seeing a "stylist" (called a "beauty operator" in the old days) this afternoon. No perm, by the way; it's all in the cut. >> Maria Conlon spouted forth: (there PJ satisfied?) >> [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > -- probably not-so-good). Of course, it could be neither: it could > simply be "change." As I recall, eating your crusts would make your hair curl, but eating greens would put hair on your chest. I avoided both at that age. SignatureRob Bannister > As I recall, eating your crusts would make your hair curl, but eating > greens would put hair on your chest. I avoided both at that age. I ate crusts and didn't have curly hair. (I guess I can quit eating crusts now.) And I ate greens and didn't ever get hair on my chest. (Oh, wait. That was probably just for the boys, right?) SignatureMaria Conlon Old saying, heard when I was a kid in the 1940s: "You have to eat a peck of dirt before you die." >> As I recall, eating your crusts would make your hair curl, but eating >> greens would put hair on your chest. I avoided both at that age. [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > And I ate greens and didn't ever get hair on my chest. (Oh, wait. That > was probably just for the boys, right?) My mother told me I'd have curly hair if I ate my crusts. She had curly hair, so naturally I believed her. I ate my crusts, but my hair just has a little wave to it. I was shocked (yes, shocked, I tell you) when I saw her cut the crusts off my daughter's sandwiches. My daughter has curly hair. Fran |
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