Word of the day

Richard Ruck · Post by **Richard Ruck** » Mon Jan 09, 2006 4:20 pm

AKAP wrote:Maybe.
Plumb, check if you have shrivelled.

He's probably in a nice warm office at the moment, so he's probably OK.

Great Plum · Post by **Great Plum** » Mon Jan 09, 2006 4:42 pm

Contrary to popular rumours - I'm fine!

J.R. · Post by **J.R.** » Tue Jan 10, 2006 9:17 am

The marriage WILL go ahead then ?

Richard Ruck · Post by **Richard Ruck** » Tue Jan 10, 2006 9:51 am

Here we go, yet another adopted foreign word :

kaizen

â€¢ noun [mass noun] a Japanese business philosophy of continuous improvement of working practices, personal efficiency, etc.
â€” origin Japanese, literally â€˜improvementâ€™.

ben ashton · Post by **ben ashton** » Tue Jan 10, 2006 11:40 am

I had to do a presentation about Japanese business practices last year! Can't remember much though, except Kaizen leading to a high suicide rate in Japan due to stress...there's a word for it but its Japanese and I can't spell it

Richard Ruck · Post by **Richard Ruck** » Tue Jan 10, 2006 11:49 am

You're right.

The Japanese also have a word for death through overwork (not neccesarily suicide).

I can't remember what that is, either. A great help! I'll try to find out, though.......

Great Plum · Post by **Great Plum** » Tue Jan 10, 2006 11:54 am

J.R. wrote:The marriage WILL go ahead then ?

Yes, no shrivelling here!

Euterpe13 · Post by **Euterpe13** » Tue Jan 10, 2006 12:20 pm

Richard Ruck wrote:You're right.

The Japanese also have a word for death through overwork (not neccesarily suicide).

I can't remember what that is, either. A great help! I'll try to find out, though.......

It's " kairoshi" - a goal of mine for many years, and industry-standard in many catalan companies....

Euterpe13 · Post by **Euterpe13** » Tue Jan 10, 2006 12:23 pm

also spelt/pronounced " karoshi"

ben ashton · Post by **ben ashton** » Tue Jan 10, 2006 12:29 pm

sounds familiar. shouldn't happen to me, i've temporarily given up working until the summer! 'too much coursework' is a good, believable excuse. + its the time of year when the government gives me a loan and a grant

Richard Ruck · Post by **Richard Ruck** » Tue Jan 10, 2006 1:40 pm

Euterpe13 wrote:also spelt/pronounced " karoshi"

You beat me to it!

Just heard from my Japanese mate Satoshi - he spells it 'karoushi'.

Euterpe13 · Post by **Euterpe13** » Tue Jan 10, 2006 1:42 pm

It might be interesting to poll how many of us are actually " at work"....
ho hum, apathy rules, perhaps.

Richard Ruck · Post by **Richard Ruck** » Tue Jan 10, 2006 1:45 pm

Euterpe13 wrote:It might be interesting to poll how many of us are actually " at work"....
ho hum, apathy rules, perhaps.

Still not back into the swing of things, then?

Euterpe13 · Post by **Euterpe13** » Tue Jan 10, 2006 1:53 pm

Richard Ruck wrote:
Euterpe13 wrote:It might be interesting to poll how many of us are actually " at work"....
ho hum, apathy rules, perhaps.
Still not back into the swing of things, then?

only projected swing would be at the end of a rope.... I did ask Santa, as a Christmas present, to encase the Boss from Hell, in plaster for about 6 months, but sadly not even a sprain, b*gger it !

I shall now crawl back into my hole and eat a few worms..

Richard Ruck · Post by **Richard Ruck** » Wed Jan 11, 2006 9:20 am

One for today:

cotta

â€¢ noun a short garment resembling a surplice, worn typically by Catholic priests and servers.
â€” origin mid 19th cent.: from Italian; ultimately related to coat.