Dear Jim1:
"Impactful" is not a word. Please do not do such rotten shit to the Queen's English. Her grandson just got married yesterday, and I think we should show a little more respect.
Thanks for your consideration in this matter.
Genghis Spanner,
Maintenance God
1 My boss, not the "PD everyman". He actually used "impactful" in a fucking email. No, really. This guy has a fucking PhD, for fuck's sake.
Maybe he has an impactful bowel?
Quote from: Charley Brown on April 29, 2011, 09:26:41 PM
Maybe he has an impactful bowel?
Damnit Charley you stole my post!
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on April 29, 2011, 09:23:55 PM
Dear Jim1:
"Impactful" is not a word. Please do not do such rotten shit to the Queen's English. Her grandson just got married yesterday, and I think we should show a little more respect.
Thanks for your consideration in this matter.
Genghis Spanner,
Maintenance God
1 My boss, not the "PD everyman". He actually used "impactful" in a fucking email. No, really. This guy has a fucking PhD, for fuck's sake.
Please tell me you actually sent this as an email to the non-eponymous Jim.
Quote from: Payne on April 29, 2011, 09:29:45 PM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on April 29, 2011, 09:23:55 PM
Dear Jim1:
"Impactful" is not a word. Please do not do such rotten shit to the Queen's English. Her grandson just got married yesterday, and I think we should show a little more respect.
Thanks for your consideration in this matter.
Genghis Spanner,
Maintenance God
1 My boss, not the "PD everyman". He actually used "impactful" in a fucking email. No, really. This guy has a fucking PhD, for fuck's sake.
Please tell me you actually sent this as an email to the non-eponymous Jim.
Of course. Someone has to.
I do this shit all the time, and when anyone loses their shit, I'm all like "PILLZ HERE!"
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on April 29, 2011, 09:30:37 PM
Quote from: Payne on April 29, 2011, 09:29:45 PM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on April 29, 2011, 09:23:55 PM
Dear Jim1:
"Impactful" is not a word. Please do not do such rotten shit to the Queen's English. Her grandson just got married yesterday, and I think we should show a little more respect.
Thanks for your consideration in this matter.
Genghis Spanner,
Maintenance God
1 My boss, not the "PD everyman". He actually used "impactful" in a fucking email. No, really. This guy has a fucking PhD, for fuck's sake.
Please tell me you actually sent this as an email to the non-eponymous Jim.
Of course. Someone has to.
I do this shit all the time, and when anyone loses their shit, I'm all like "PILLZ HERE!"
:lulz:
How did he use it? Like, what the hell man, how would that even sound like it works? :horrormirth:
Quote from: Jenkem and Tomahawks on April 29, 2011, 09:45:23 PM
How did he use it? Like, what the hell man, how would that even sound like it works? :horrormirth:
"The increase in fixed costs could be impactful on our profit forecasts."
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on April 29, 2011, 09:47:36 PM
Quote from: Jenkem and Tomahawks on April 29, 2011, 09:45:23 PM
How did he use it? Like, what the hell man, how would that even sound like it works? :horrormirth:
"The increase in fixed costs could be impactful on our profit forecasts."
Not only mangling a word, but doing it to state the fucking obvious? Yeesh.
Quote from: Luna on April 29, 2011, 09:48:12 PM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on April 29, 2011, 09:47:36 PM
Quote from: Jenkem and Tomahawks on April 29, 2011, 09:45:23 PM
How did he use it? Like, what the hell man, how would that even sound like it works? :horrormirth:
"The increase in fixed costs could be impactful on our profit forecasts."
Not only mangling a word, but doing it to state the fucking obvious? Yeesh.
You should read this guy's weekly report to Houston. He never uses a word where a paragraph will do.
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on April 29, 2011, 09:47:36 PM
Quote from: Jenkem and Tomahawks on April 29, 2011, 09:45:23 PM
How did he use it? Like, what the hell man, how would that even sound like it works? :horrormirth:
"The increase in fixed costs could be impactful on our profit forecasts."
"The fixed increas in costs could have a strong impact on our profit forecasts." Theree, fixed. Even sounds a bit better. An impact? Okay, not too bad. A STRONG imapct? OH NOEZ!
Fixed cost increases will affect our bottom line profit.
I don't understand why "If shit keeps getting more expensive we aren't gonna roll in the cash" doesn't work.
Did you get a reply?
:lulz: Oh god, I love that.
This may require the use of some kind of encabulator.
Literate people don't herd well and tend not to get these positions. One of my bosses was always writing signs and memos about how we'd better do this or that or we could LOOSE OUR JOBS.
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on April 29, 2011, 09:49:01 PM
Quote from: Luna on April 29, 2011, 09:48:12 PM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on April 29, 2011, 09:47:36 PM
Quote from: Jenkem and Tomahawks on April 29, 2011, 09:45:23 PM
How did he use it? Like, what the hell man, how would that even sound like it works? :horrormirth:
"The increase in fixed costs could be impactful on our profit forecasts."
Not only mangling a word, but doing it to state the fucking obvious? Yeesh.
You should read this guy's weekly report to Houston. He never uses a word where a paragraph will do.
I believe that is the purpose of having a PhD.
Quote from: Charley Brown on April 29, 2011, 09:53:21 PM
Fixed cost increases will affect our bottom line profit.
People like Jim can't be trusted with the word "affect". They will always, always confuse it with "effect".
In fact, I bet he couldn't remember which was which, and invented "impactful" as a desperation move. :lol:
Quote from: Sigmatic on April 30, 2011, 06:37:20 PM
Quote from: Charley Brown on April 29, 2011, 09:53:21 PM
Fixed cost increases will affect our bottom line profit.
People like Jim can't be trusted with the word "affect". They will always, always confuse it with "effect".
In fact, I bet he couldn't remember which was which, and invented "impactful" as a desperation move. :lol:
No, it's a "word" in exec circles, these days.
Quote from: Sigmatic on April 30, 2011, 06:37:20 PM
Quote from: Charley Brown on April 29, 2011, 09:53:21 PM
Fixed cost increases will affect our bottom line profit.
People like Jim can't be trusted with the word "affect". They will always, always confuse it with "effect".
In fact, I bet he couldn't remember which was which, and invented "impactful" as a desperation move. :lol:
But impactful is so deceptful.
Oh. Kind of like when they want you to do their shit work and they say they're going to "empower" you?
Quote from: Charley Brown on April 30, 2011, 06:39:29 PM
Quote from: Sigmatic on April 30, 2011, 06:37:20 PM
Quote from: Charley Brown on April 29, 2011, 09:53:21 PM
Fixed cost increases will affect our bottom line profit.
People like Jim can't be trusted with the word "affect". They will always, always confuse it with "effect".
In fact, I bet he couldn't remember which was which, and invented "impactful" as a desperation move. :lol:
But impactful is so deceptful.
And the mome raths outgrabe. :roll:
Slithy fuckin' toves.
Quote from: Charley Brown on April 30, 2011, 06:39:29 PM
Quote from: Sigmatic on April 30, 2011, 06:37:20 PM
Quote from: Charley Brown on April 29, 2011, 09:53:21 PM
Fixed cost increases will affect our bottom line profit.
People like Jim can't be trusted with the word "affect". They will always, always confuse it with "effect".
In fact, I bet he couldn't remember which was which, and invented "impactful" as a desperation move. :lol:
But impactful is so deceptful.
I hate the invasionment of the language with unverbalage liek this. People need ridiculizing until they stop doing it.
An' I was all like WOT?!
Don't you mean WOTTAGE?
They say it denotes the rate of work in enlightenation.
Language ITT is disgustful.
The abusations of Englishness are making me feel headachey.
"We need to solutionize this problem."
"I'll come up with a solve tomorrow."
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English is screwed up anyway. At least you know in German the verb WILL ALWAYS be second, unless it's a question, then it's first...maybe, then any other verbs in the thought go at the end.
On the plus side, at least English doesn't decline nouns.
I almost picked up a T-shirt at the last convention that said something along the lines of:
"English doesn't borrow from other languages. English follows other languages down dark alleys, knocks them over the head, and goes through their pockets for loose grammar."
English is why Romance, Gaelic, and Germanic shouldn't have love children.
Quote from: Triple Zero on May 13, 2011, 02:37:58 PM
"I'll come up with a solve tomorrow."
Fuck me. I'm pretty sure I'll be hearing this soon.
I think I took it from a reddit thread as an actual quote.
Quote from: Suu on May 13, 2011, 02:41:31 PM
English is screwed up anyway. At least you know in German the verb WILL ALWAYS be second, unless it's a question, then it's first...maybe, then any other verbs in the thought go at the end.
TIL what's up with Kirschtorte's Dutch, some days :)
QuoteOn the plus side, at least English doesn't decline nouns.
I only decline nouns when I'm outnumbered.
What's the difference between declension and inflection? (Hey, I just speak the language)
Declension depends on the case of the verb, which doesn't really effect much in English due to the fact we don't have gender specifics or any other word for "the". You really only see it in German and Latin. That's dealing with nominative (subject), accusative (direct object), and dative (indirect object) cases. (Or if it's Latin, add another 3 more...)
Inflection is the modification of a word, typically a verb, to change the grammatical voice, case, gender, etc. Again, not very prominent in English.
A cat is still a cat, even if it's a girl or a boy cat. If this was Spanish, it would be la gata for a girl kitty, or el gato for a boy, that's gender inflection on a noun. English doesn't do this.
The best example I can give in English (which is also in German) is inflection with verbs.
To write, wrote, written.
To sing, sang, sung.
Etc.
So, to put it in perspective, "inflection is sometimes caused by declension" ?
Exactly!
Declensions always cause inflections, but inflections don't always mean there's a declension.
:kingmeh:
We need Jenne in here.
We had one sentence in jr. high english class that can mean six different things. It was so fucked, I still remember it:
I never said he stole money.
I never said he stole money.
I never said he stole money.
I never said he stole money.
I never said he stole money.
I never said he stole money.
Quote from: Anna Mae Bollocks on May 13, 2011, 05:12:35 PM
We had one sentence in jr. high english class that can mean six different things. It was so fucked, I still remember it:
I never said he stole money.
I never said he stole money.
I never said he stole money.
I never said he stole money.
I never said he stole money.
I never said he stole money.
Latin would clear that confusion up with word placement.
That's emphasis, which you only get in spoken word, not in written. Which is why there's so much unnecessary drama on the internets.
Quote from: Doktor Blight on May 13, 2011, 05:14:00 PM
Quote from: Anna Mae Bollocks on May 13, 2011, 05:12:35 PM
We had one sentence in jr. high english class that can mean six different things. It was so fucked, I still remember it:
I never said he stole money.
I never said he stole money.
I never said he stole money.
I never said he stole money.
I never said he stole money.
I never said he stole money.
Latin would clear that confusion up with word placement.
Any language would BUT English.
ANY language would but English.
Any language WOULD, but English.
:asshat:
Quote from: Suu on May 13, 2011, 05:14:27 PM
That's emphasis, which you only get in spoken word, not in written. Which is why there's so much unnecessary drama on the internets.
THIS. :lulz:
Quote from: Suu on May 13, 2011, 05:14:27 PM
That's emphasis, which you only get in spoken word, not in written. Which is why there's so much unnecessary drama on the internets.
Yeah, because you can't make the wild gesticulations with your arms. That always gets the point across better.
RWHN said while doing The Robot.
Quote from: Suu on May 13, 2011, 05:15:37 PM
Quote from: Doktor Blight on May 13, 2011, 05:14:00 PM
Quote from: Anna Mae Bollocks on May 13, 2011, 05:12:35 PM
We had one sentence in jr. high english class that can mean six different things. It was so fucked, I still remember it:
I never said he stole money.
I never said he stole money.
I never said he stole money.
I never said he stole money.
I never said he stole money.
I never said he stole money.
Latin would clear that confusion up with word placement.
Any language would BUT English.
ANY language would but English.
Any language WOULD, but English.
:asshat:
:lulz:
Quote from: R.W.H.N. on May 13, 2011, 05:21:30 PM
Quote from: Suu on May 13, 2011, 05:14:27 PM
That's emphasis, which you only get in spoken word, not in written. Which is why there's so much unnecessary drama on the internets.
Yeah, because you can't make the wild gesticulations with your arms. That always gets the point across better. RWHN said while doing The Robot.
:fap2:
If you read or write poetry, English is fucking GREAT.
I can see how it would irritate everyone else, though.
(http://www.megaforcerecords.com/store/images/P/Speak_Cover.jpg)
Quote from: Nigel on May 13, 2011, 06:08:02 PM
If you read or write poetry, English is fucking GREAT.
I can see how it would irritate everyone else, though.
That's one thing. Field related jargon gets pretty ridiculous though. Since English allows for weak grammar, you get crazy shit like that. Like the "do a solve" thing mentioned earlier. Pointful annoys me.
Quote from: LMNO, PhD on May 13, 2011, 06:24:17 PM
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Ah, the classics. :D
Never figured out if Bill Milano really believes all that stuff or if he's makig fun of it. Poe's Law.
Quote from: Doktor Blight on May 13, 2011, 06:25:35 PM
Quote from: Nigel on May 13, 2011, 06:08:02 PM
If you read or write poetry, English is fucking GREAT.
I can see how it would irritate everyone else, though.
That's one thing. Field related jargon gets pretty ridiculous though. Since English allows for weak grammar, you get crazy shit like that. Like the "do a solve" thing mentioned earlier. Pointful annoys me.
Yeah, that shit's basically obfuscation.
Quote from: Anna Mae Bollocks on May 13, 2011, 08:49:16 PM
Quote from: LMNO, PhD on May 13, 2011, 06:24:17 PM
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Ah, the classics. :D
Never figured out if Bill Milano really believes all that stuff or if he's makig fun of it. Poe's Law.
This may help answer your question. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J88OsUcEDOs
:lol: Thanks, R.W.H.N...
I've wondered about those guys ever since this (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uD0oD93Rrn8&feature=related)...the calculated stupidity had me thinking it might be a troll.
Quote from: Luna on May 13, 2011, 02:44:16 PM
I almost picked up a T-shirt at the last convention that said something along the lines of:
"English doesn't borrow from other languages. English follows other languages down dark alleys, knocks them over the head, and goes through their pockets for loose grammar."
FUCK YEAH. I want that t-shirt!
I love the plasticity of English. I know it drives others nuts, but I fucking love it.
Is anyone noticing other languages starting to steal words too? My cousin lives in Russia and works as an interpreter, and called raging last week because someone put up a sign in St. Petersburg about a shopping mall. They apparently nicked the English word 'shopping' and spelled it Russian style.
That happens a lot, Aloe. If a language doesn't have the term in its lexicon, or if there's a certain what linguists call a "prestige factor" or cultural asset attached to the meaning of the word in that foreign language, it's borrowed.
L'Ecole Francaise in France is dedicated to weeding this out and replacing the borrowed words with long, drawn-out French ones.
...but the French still use the English words as argot, of course... :lol:
Quote from: Jenne on May 14, 2011, 06:17:24 PM
That happens a lot, Aloe. If a language doesn't have the term in its lexicon, or if there's a certain what linguists call a "prestige factor" or cultural asset attached to the meaning of the word in that foreign language, it's borrowed.
L'Ecole Francaise in France is dedicated to weeding this out and replacing the borrowed words with long, drawn-out French ones.
...but the French still use the English words as argot, of course... :lol:
Interesting, I wasn't sure if this was a common practice or not. lol
Russians don't have a word for "shopping"? Or they think there's something prestigious about american MALLS?
(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_QQDAENTIcPs/TEQwfz1xdGI/AAAAAAAALCk/ZRofxB7g_Z8/s1600/jeffers.jpg)
Quote from: Anna Mae Bollocks on May 14, 2011, 06:27:22 PM
Russians don't have a word for "shopping"? Or they think there's something prestigious about american MALLS?
(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_QQDAENTIcPs/TEQwfz1xdGI/AAAAAAAALCk/ZRofxB7g_Z8/s1600/jeffers.jpg)
How dare you question marketing skillz!!! :lulz:
Quote from: Anna Mae Bollocks on May 14, 2011, 06:27:22 PM
Russians don't have a word for "shopping"? Or they think there's something prestigious about american MALLS?
(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_QQDAENTIcPs/TEQwfz1xdGI/AAAAAAAALCk/ZRofxB7g_Z8/s1600/jeffers.jpg)
Not sure if there's not a word for it, or if the advertisers just decided to use the english word to promote their "American Style" mall.
Quote from: Charley Brown on May 14, 2011, 06:29:17 PM
Quote from: Anna Mae Bollocks on May 14, 2011, 06:27:22 PM
Russians don't have a word for "shopping"? Or they think there's something prestigious about american MALLS?
(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_QQDAENTIcPs/TEQwfz1xdGI/AAAAAAAALCk/ZRofxB7g_Z8/s1600/jeffers.jpg)
How dare you question marketing skillz!!! :lulz:
They want me dead anyway. Nothing to lose. :jebus:
Quote from: Aloe on May 14, 2011, 06:30:25 PM
Quote from: Anna Mae Bollocks on May 14, 2011, 06:27:22 PM
Russians don't have a word for "shopping"? Or they think there's something prestigious about american MALLS?
(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_QQDAENTIcPs/TEQwfz1xdGI/AAAAAAAALCk/ZRofxB7g_Z8/s1600/jeffers.jpg)
Not sure if there's not a word for it, or if the advertisers just decided to use the english word to promote their "American Style" mall.
Yeah, so often there ARE vocab terms for an action or a thing in that particular language, but they borrow the word elsewhere to connote the culture or style associated WITH that borrowed word in using it.
Ah. Like "Der Weinerschnitzel" or "Taco Bell".
:lulz: