MisunderstoodMy other half rang a courier today to get a disc sent over to a client. The courier company asked what it was she was sending. "A computer disc", she said.
Half an hour later, 3 blokes in a van turned up. They looked a little disappointed to be handed a floppy disc: they were all prepared to shift a computer desk across London.
Have you been utterly misunderstood recently?
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chthonic, Thu 6 Oct 2005, 23:06)
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Rant Mode OnI am often left bemused by people who use words incorrectly. One particularly leaves me flabbergasted and “gets my goat”.
“I’ve got the pacific one that you told me about”
Pacific = The Pacific Ocean
Pecific = No such Word
Specific = Fully and clearly expressed, leaving nothing implied. Explicitly set forth and definite.
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(, Fri 7 Oct 2005, 11:07, Reply)
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