
09-15-2003, 08:01 PM
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ttt...
Eclipse, I would call that more IGNORANT than Ghetto.
This is Eclipse's post that should have been added here:I have a coworker who is really sweet, is a hard worker, conservative dresser and all of that, but there is just one little thing...
I can get with the lack of subject/verb agreement from time to time. Heck, a lot of educated folks slip up because they try to "code switch" too much, but the thing that has me positively cringing is she says PACIFIC instead of specific..i.e. "I PACIFICALLY told her that she need to complete this form, not the other one." or "I was very PACIFIC when we spoke on the phone." She will even put emphasis on the P. My question to you, would you tell her? If so, how would you do it? I've tried the round about way by stressing the S when saying specific in the same conversation, but she's not getting it! Heck, she and her family just returned from a vacation to California and I even made a point to say "did you guys go the PACIFIC OCEAN?" to try to get my point across, but it did not work!
Y'all help me!! I am serious! I have seen our VP look at her like she is boo boo the fool in a meeting when she busts out what "pacifically.
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