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5297.1 | Corp Analyst Relations | ALFA2::ALFA2::HARRIS | | Thu May 22 1997 13:31 | 6 |
| "Liase"? Could you conjugate that? :-)
The Gartner contact in Corporate Analyst Relations is Thornton Ash at
MSO2, DTN 223-9408, e-mail (Exchange) address [email protected]
M
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5297.2 | | MRPTH1::16.34.80.132::slab | [email protected] | Thu May 22 1997 14:09 | 3 |
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Maybe he wants to leverage a deal or something.
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5297.3 | | NEWVAX::LAURENT | Hal Laurent @ COP | Thu May 22 1997 14:14 | 6 |
| re: <<< Note 5297.2 by MRPTH1::16.34.80.132::slab "[email protected]" >>>
>Maybe he wants to leverage a deal or something.
No, no, he wants to leverage a synergy. :-)
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5297.4 | conjugating liase | JOKUR::MACDONALD | | Thu May 22 1997 14:16 | 5 |
| Liase is a back-formation from liaison. Our English friends use it a
lot in colloquial speech. I've never heard a native American speaker
use it. It is used as a regular verb I would guess, as in liased, liasing,
etc.
Bruce
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5297.5 | email to Dilbert? | AKOCOA::TROY | | Thu May 22 1997 14:30 | 4 |
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You folks need to send some email to Dilbert Zone and move on.
Yours in Synergistic Leverage
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5297.6 | | BIGUN::BAKER | Where is DIGITAL Modula-3? | Thu May 22 1997 19:46 | 10 |
| > native American speaker
are we talking about Cherokee or Apache or Navajo here?
as far as I can tell, the language you are using, despite a few centuries
of denial (this is not a river near Egypt) , is an
approximation to the one called English.
toodaloo ( I need to go )
- John
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5297.7 | American vs. English | JOKUR::MACDONALD | | Fri May 23 1997 12:30 | 9 |
| Going further down the rathole---I knew as soon as I used the term
"native American speaker" that I would hear back about my use of that
phrase. I was referring to someone who speaks American as their native
language, as opposed to somene who speak English as their native
language. To avoid the ambuguity I could have said a "speaker of
American" or some such. I realize too that the idea that there is an
American language is also controversial. SO perhaps I could have said
a "speaker of English from America". WHew.
Bruce
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5297.8 | | METSYS::THOMPSON | | Fri May 23 1997 13:27 | 8 |
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The terms are usually: British English or just English for that collection
of dialects used in the British Isles.
American English for those dialects and regional
variations in the USA. Alas the term English is
also used there to distinguish it from Spanish, ...
M
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5297.9 | Agree with .8 as the cross-cultural convention | ORION::SAVAGE | Neil Savage | Fri May 23 1997 14:05 | 1 |
| Ayuh, this reminds me of certain NG discussions of Finland Swedish. <g>
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5297.10 | | NEWVAX::POWELL | A powerful computer behind each face | Tue May 27 1997 12:00 | 1 |
| Please - don't noun your verbs and don't verb your nouns. Thanks.
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5297.11 | | axel.zko.dec.com::FOLEY | Rebel without a Clue | Tue May 27 1997 14:02 | 6 |
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The United Kingdom and the United States. Two countries seperated
by a common language.
mike
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5297.12 | | BBRDGE::LOVELL | � l'eau; c'est l'heure | Tue May 27 1997 15:14 | 4 |
| Mike,
Hey! stick to Winston's original quotation and use "divided" - less
chance of spelling errors :-)
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5297.13 | "Liaise" | CHEFS::16.37.12.43::welchl | | Fri May 30 1997 08:49 | 1 |
| "liaise not "liase"...............
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5297.14 | only at DIGITAL ? | RDGENG::WILLIAMS_A | | Mon Jun 02 1997 12:40 | 14 |
| Ok, Ok, I let you all teach me how to 'do' grammar and spelling, if you
all will let me teach you how to *read*.
I'm up to my arse with HP and Sun telling my customer that we
(DEC/Digital/DIGITAL - open your other ratholes here) will not have
Sybase as a Tier 1 port going forward, 'cos Gartner said so'. And,
unless I can get a plausible answer, they march off with the sale..
In my 'small' sector (Investment banks), they use Sybase. Period.
feel free to check spelling and grammar. try selling too....
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5297.15 | | WIBBIN::NOYCE | Pulling weeds, pickin' stones | Mon Jun 02 1997 13:48 | 4 |
| I assume you saw that .1 answered your question less than an hour
after it was posted.
Do you have another question?
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