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| 479.1 | What??? "REPLY" isn't even in the list!!! | ZFC::DERAMO | For all you do, disk bugs for you. | Wed Feb 10 1988 23:53 | 13 |
| I presume that the order in which the action verbs appear doesn't
matter. (-:
What's wrong with:
I develop lists of actions verbs, such as "Advise, ..., and
Write."
?
Of course, that could be made even shorter.
Dan
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| 479.2 | your list is missing two job classification words | VIDEO::OSMAN | type video::user$7:[osman]eric.vt240 | Thu Feb 11 1988 20:55 | 19 |
| I hope that wasn't the list we're really supposed to use for
our job description. It's missing some important words. How about
Design
and how about
Test
Where did you get your list.
Re: Wis*ass who suggested single sentence in previous reply:
Read up on Hoftstadter's articles about the difference
between mentioning a word and using a word.
/Eric
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| 479.3 | More verbs.... | LEZAH::BOBBITT | I call all times soon, said Aslan | Thu Feb 11 1988 22:37 | 86 |
| these were additional JEC verbs someone sent me, that didn't make it to
the original list. Can't imagine why, though :-)
drive consensus
evaluate headsets
beat up on
languish in woods meetings
synergize resources
embrace high-visibility issues
work old issues
address current issues
revisit dead issues
file mail
mail files
find mail
can live with that
clean someone else's house
jam printers
tread water
seek mentors
get real
humor commitments
commit humor
report conditions
condition direct reports
synthesize goals
massage facts
accomplish inflation
inflate accomplishments
deflate egos
bungle projects
add entry
rattle skeletons
point fingers
lose resumes
program computers
compute programmers
reinvent wheel
change screen colors
change corporate colors
pound tables
berate underlings
rebate overlings
slip schedules
shed slippages
hide agendas
throttle personnel
block transfers
miss meetings
redefine job codes
exercise head games
freeze everything
usurp authority
abuse authority
question authority
bust budgets
bust budgetbusters
just plain bust
observe clocks
do lunch
extend lunch
extend belts
overpromote deliverables
underpromote employees
find LK201 escape key
bind variables
vary bindings
reconnect to reluctant LAT
reinterpret Personnel Policies & Procedures
recall/all
recall the good old days at DEC
install customers
stall customers
violate access
speculate specs
fake it
push mice
answer machines
book cruise ships
change face
save face
face the music
squander manpower
panic at Wall St. nonsense
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| 479.4 | !!! | ZFC::DERAMO | Them's fightin' words!! | Thu Feb 11 1988 23:32 | 7 |
| Re .2:
>> Re: Wis*ass who suggested single sentence in previous reply:
Oh yeah? Go to MUNICH::REPARTEE and say that!!
Dan (-:
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| 479.5 | | AKOV11::BOYAJIAN | $50 never killed anybody | Fri Feb 12 1988 09:21 | 8 |
| re:.2
"Where did you get this list."
It's from the "Action Verbs Glossary" in the JEC Manual that was
sent to all DEC managers.
--- jerry
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| 479.6 | One try ... 19 lines | GLIVET::RECKARD | Jon Reckard, 381-0878, ZKO3-2T20 | Thu Feb 18 1988 17:33 | 23 |
| (Most of the "action" verbs have been "passived" and "adverbed" and
otherwise perverted, but, at least I didn't succumb to the temptation to
"nounify" the verbs - would've been a lot easier.)
This is an attempt to Evaluate the feasibility of Preparing a reply that
Assembles the Provided action verbs in a short reply. Be Advised, to Determine
whether or not one should Draft such a document, I Analyzed the difficulties
Initiated by the attempt, Compiled them into a form that could be Maintained
and Implemented properly, and Distributed them to all Approved parties. Since
these difficulties have been Collected, Received, Verified and Researched, I
now Propose that the reply be Facilitated as a parody: I Plan to Furnish a
reply that Arranges these action verbs in a way that a certain character
Developed by Cheech & Chong might Issue them, as a Coordinated satire of the
JEC questionnaire.
I Refer you then to the quickest reply I could Manage, given the magnitude
of Supervising and Documenting such a task. (I Recommend that you Direct your
close attention to it, Administering restraint in your praise.)
"What I Performed on my summer vacation. I Conducted myself downtown ...
to Secure myself a job. I Selected a place to hang out, at the drugstore."
Now that you've Processed this gem, let me Inform you that a shorter reply
probably can be Written. I Assure you, however, since I've Surveyed the
possibilities, if you Formulated such a reply, no one would care.
DO NOT CIRCULATE
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| 479.7 | Missing in Action (Verbs Glossary) | SKIVT::ROGERS | Lasciate ogni speranza, voi ch'entrate | Fri Feb 19 1988 16:38 | 38 |
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re:.6 Way to go, Jon!
re:.2 Yeah Eric, you don't see design or test on the action verb list.
Likewise, you don't see such verbs as build, make, create, instruct, teach,
produce, etc. It's passing strange. This topic started out as a joke, but
actually the issue is fairly serious and is definitely language related.
I've been at DEC forever. I'm an engineer and I've liked DEC because it's
always had a reputation as an engineering-oriented company. There has always
been a myth at DEC that one could continue with career growth as an
individual contributor without becoming a manager. And yet...
What are we to make of the preponderance of management-oriented verbs in the
JOC list and the paucity of verbs to describe any activities that produce
tangible outputs? Am I getting paranoid?
Any comments would be welcome.
Larry
P.S. The Action Verbs Glossary does include "Develop" and "Write".
Unfortunately, the definitions for these two verbs seem to be more of the
management/supervisory b.s. Viz:
DEVELOP to evolve, promote or make active a plan, program or course of
action, usually without benefit of prior conclusion or deter-
mination.
and
WRITE to compose letters, reports, documents, contracts, etc.
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| 479.8 | Can't Make or Sell, but we sure can wordsmith | RICKS::SATOW | | Fri Feb 19 1988 19:38 | 5 |
| Not only are there no verbs that generate PRODUCT (like "design"
or "test"), but there are no verbs that generate REVENUE (like "sell"
or "fix")
Clay
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