tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-524039117682127217.post8515865159306987738..comments2023-04-18T00:44:59.351+10:00Comments on A dead man fell from the sky...: Chary about business reportsGary Corbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14759372069119740227noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-524039117682127217.post-14887351245349086342009-08-19T18:33:13.838+10:002009-08-19T18:33:13.838+10:00Sigh. That reminds me of this one time, at year 1...Sigh. That reminds me of this one time, at year 10 school camp, when we were playing scrabble. I made a game-winning move with the word "ditty" and my fellow players decided I had made it up. So they went to our English teacher and asked her - and she said it wasn't a word! So I was unfairly disqualified. Oh, the injustice!Jennahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02115286785403086322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-524039117682127217.post-74131675919866230462009-08-08T18:32:44.770+10:002009-08-08T18:32:44.770+10:00Hi Robert,
I have this delightful image of you ex...Hi Robert,<br /><br />I have this delightful image of you explaining to my former client that chary is a word. <br /><br />I could have used your services back then.Gary Corbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14759372069119740227noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-524039117682127217.post-30979029286221472982009-08-08T18:28:33.249+10:002009-08-08T18:28:33.249+10:00Hey Mimzy,
Yes, that is precisely the problem. ...Hey Mimzy, <br /><br />Yes, that is <i>precisely</i> the problem. We even both got the same adjective for our reports: chatty.<br /><br />You're not my long lost sister by any chance, are you?Gary Corbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14759372069119740227noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-524039117682127217.post-60396609822943995092009-08-08T11:35:07.028+10:002009-08-08T11:35:07.028+10:00Fortunately, at work I am the language god. If I s...Fortunately, at work I am the language god. If <i>I</i> say it's a word, it's a word. If anyone ever told me chary was not a word, they would feel extremely chary every time they saw me. The most they can get away with is "I don't think the client will understand this word," which usually means "I am panicking because I don't understand this word."RWMGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04271851970303022440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-524039117682127217.post-47837790104075917542009-08-08T07:01:51.716+10:002009-08-08T07:01:51.716+10:00I have a boring comment. Doris Day isn't eclec...I have a boring comment. Doris Day isn't eclectic. She's necessary. Thank you for reminding me why I can't do technical writing (head explodes).<br /><br />Take care.Carrie Clevengerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05093923008179106837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-524039117682127217.post-58272928299825727722009-08-08T04:07:02.439+10:002009-08-08T04:07:02.439+10:00I can feel your pain. I'm currently studying t...I can feel your pain. I'm currently studying to become an Environmental Engineer (one and a half more years!!!) and I've already met the bane of my educational career. It isn't calculus, it isn't physics, it even isn't Hydrodynamics with all the insanely overcomplicated equations to figure out where water moves (down).<br /><br />It's technical writing.<br /><br />I took it two semesters ago as my 'easy' class to break up all the math and science. Usually my easy class is actually from the English department, but this one had the bonus of actually being required for my major. Class starts, I zone out as the Professor begins to lecture us about grammar, and see that in two weeks the first of many technical writings are due. I figure, what the hell, get it done early for once! Do it, proof read it, hand it in, forget about it. A week after it's been handed in it comes back as a C.<br /><br />I'm horrified. I go to the Professor, ask him what I did wrong. Did I manage to completely misunderstand the project? Did I break every rule of grammar? Was my spell check broken?<br /><br />No, he tells me with disdain, my paper was chatty! It sounded like someone was just telling you the information! And that, young lady, will not do.<br /><br />To make a long story short I somehow managed to bleed every ounce of creativity from my writing, sucking it dry. By the time I was done, my reports sounding like robots had written them. And yet for all my hard work I only managed to pull off a B in the class.<br /><br />Last semester, my friend Kimo took the same class. He got an A and told me how easy it was. I was forced to hit him. Really hard.Mimzyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17171454664231209553noreply@blogger.com