I deserve a big D'oh, I quoted this one yesterday and got u and me back to front.graham wrote:When you assume you make an ass out of u and meLaura M wrote:'There's no I in Team!' (ah but there is an M and an E)
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One from the C.H. website (they're obviously not immune to this sort of thing...):
"'The Erik Satie Installation Project' is a cross-curricular initiative by staff and pupils of the Music, Drama, English and Art departments, each of whom are responding creatively to the works of the late nineteenth/early twentieth century French composer, Erik Satie. The project was incepted by the School's associate composer, Paul Robinson...."
OK, this word is in the dictionary, but all the same......
"'The Erik Satie Installation Project' is a cross-curricular initiative by staff and pupils of the Music, Drama, English and Art departments, each of whom are responding creatively to the works of the late nineteenth/early twentieth century French composer, Erik Satie. The project was incepted by the School's associate composer, Paul Robinson...."
OK, this word is in the dictionary, but all the same......
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Thee's got'n where thee cassn't back'n, hassn't?
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Not relevant to this thread, but the first time I heard of Erik Satie, it was on a Blood, Sweat and Tears record.Richard Ruck wrote:One from the C.H. website (they're obviously not immune to this sort of thing...):
"'The Erik Satie Installation Project' is a cross-curricular initiative by staff and pupils of the Music, Drama, English and Art departments, each of whom are responding creatively to the works of the late nineteenth/early twentieth century French composer, Erik Satie. The project was incepted by the School's associate composer, Paul Robinson...."
OK, this word is in the dictionary, but all the same......
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We're supposed to thought-shower instead of braing-storming. Surely everyone knows that?mr tall wrote:We are not allowed to brain-storm anymore as it is supposed to insult those who have problems that way. I suggested we had concept-tsunamis instead but they didn't think that was much better.
But then apparently we don't have railway stations, we now have train stations. Even the BBC say that now so I guess my crusade for the railway station is over.
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My husband is a link tutor to one of the satellite colleges affiliated to the University of Plymouth, and when they do the course assessments his position is 'critical friend' ...!!!
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Perhaps not corporate speak but a lovely example of this happened to us in Malaysia. Our family were staying in a rest house and for breakfast ordered 3 full breakfast and one just ceral and toast. The waiter came to lay the table and looking at us asked the simple question 'Cornflaking?'Richard Ruck wrote:I think this use of nouns as verbs is a primarily American habit, isn't it?
If anyone has any examples please feel free to name and shame.
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