Author Topic: Quotes from work (Read 192594 times)

Jonathon · « **on:** June 05, 2006, 08:15:45 AM »

I just came across this snappy little couplet in a manual I'm working on:

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To remember how to use the volatility index, think of this simple rhyme:

When the VIX/VXO/VXN is high, it’s time to buy.

When the VIX/VXO/VXN is low, look out below.

Simple indeed. If you can figure out how to pronounce it, that is.

Noemon · « **Reply #1 on:** June 05, 2006, 08:52:16 AM »

I read it as "vicks vox vuxen". Sometimes a touch of dyslexia and a willingness to throw in a few vowels is a real help.

rivka · « **Reply #2 on:** June 05, 2006, 09:04:46 AM »

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I read it as "vicks vox vuxen".

Me too. After all, if VSEPR is read "vesper," this one is easy.

Jonathon · « **Reply #3 on:** June 05, 2006, 06:20:27 PM »

Well, it still doesn't scan well.

pooka · « **Reply #4 on:** June 07, 2006, 09:45:15 AM »

On CMT/CPD/
On DNDR/BLTZN

Jonathon · « **Reply #5 on:** June 16, 2006, 11:22:14 AM »

My boss just used the word "miscellaneously" where she clearly meant "mistakenly."

pooka · « **Reply #6 on:** June 16, 2006, 11:45:59 AM »

Wow.

Sheila · « **Reply #7 on:** June 16, 2006, 12:53:45 PM »

*insert "nihilistic" anecdote here*

Mr. Anderson · « **Reply #8 on:** June 17, 2006, 06:31:25 PM »

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My boss just used the word "miscellaneously" where she clearly meant "mistakenly."

I miscellaneously used the word "miscellaneously" for "mistakenly."

*head a-splode*

Jonathon · « **Reply #9 on:** June 21, 2006, 10:15:51 AM »

"It’s amazing the impact what we think can have on the bottom line."

Porter · « **Reply #10 on:** June 21, 2006, 10:17:06 AM »

Here's what I heard from my boss today:

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Jonathon · « **Reply #11 on:** June 21, 2006, 10:18:23 AM »

Wow. So your boss is mute, eh?

My quote was from a course manual, by the way.

Porter · « **Reply #12 on:** June 21, 2006, 10:25:33 AM »

About the only time I hear from my boss is when I call him up.

I haven't called him today, so I haven't heard anything from him.

pooka · « **Reply #13 on:** June 21, 2006, 12:39:29 PM »

Did you mean to put quotes around that bottom line sentence? You know, the one that in English would read "What we think can have an amazing impact on the bottom line."

Jonathon · « **Reply #14 on:** June 21, 2006, 12:43:56 PM »

Yes.

Mr. Anderson · « **Reply #15 on:** June 21, 2006, 09:33:11 PM »

Ah, that's why I thought you were going insane, or I was going insane.

Jonathon · « **Reply #16 on:** July 06, 2006, 10:12:43 AM »

I've had several conversations with my boss that have gone something like this:

Boss: Can you do X?

Me: Sure.

Boss: You have?

Me: No . . .

Boss: Oh, okay. But can you?

Me: Yeah . . .

I really don't understand what's going on in conversations like that.

dkw · « **Reply #17 on:** July 06, 2006, 11:49:24 AM »

I recently had a pre-marital session where the future groom kept using "consummate" when he meant either "consecrate" or "celebrate." At least, I assume he doesn't want to "publicly consummate the marriage," or "finally consummate the marriage with all their friends and family present."

He used it about 5 or 6 times, too.

Jonathon · « **Reply #18 on:** July 06, 2006, 11:52:32 AM »

>.<

Ooh, poor guy. Someone should've let him know. "You keep using that word. I don't think it means what you think it means."

dkw · « **Reply #19 on:** July 06, 2006, 11:57:21 AM »

Yeah. If it had been a private counseling session, or any other situation with just me and the couple I would have. But at the time I thought it would be more embarassing for him if I drew attention to it in front of other people. And there was no chance to pull him aside.

Porter · « **Reply #20 on:** July 06, 2006, 12:35:31 PM »

Let's hope that he really is ignorant about the meaning of that word and that the wedding party doesn't get a really unpleasant surprise.

Jonathon · « **Reply #21 on:** July 19, 2006, 03:06:09 PM »

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Receive $2.25 per share from the sell of the option

Utah English strikes again!

Porter · « **Reply #22 on:** July 19, 2006, 03:07:55 PM »

How is that Utah English?

Jonathon · « **Reply #23 on:** July 19, 2006, 03:11:08 PM »

Because to many Utahns, words like "sell" and "sale" rhyme, so many people end up using the wrong one. People who pronounce these words differently have no problem using the right one.

Porter · « **Reply #24 on:** July 19, 2006, 03:14:19 PM »

How can they rhyme without being pronounced the same?

And if they are pronounced the same, how can you tell which one was said?