tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1054888927218536027.post7023073396803814227..comments2024-02-20T08:25:06.177-08:00Comments on Confessions of ignorance: Your Fingerprint Word?seana grahamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03774794086733027289noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1054888927218536027.post-62226069529523484472019-05-14T23:28:41.718-07:002019-05-14T23:28:41.718-07:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Adelehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10309704783931796742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1054888927218536027.post-44242411964550261582014-09-23T14:00:50.197-07:002014-09-23T14:00:50.197-07:00It has a touch more gentility than does "suck...It has a touch more gentility than does "sucking up" or calling someone a lickspittle does, doesn't it?Peter Rozovskyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09977933481463759162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1054888927218536027.post-46383848651961653272014-09-21T17:30:15.596-07:002014-09-21T17:30:15.596-07:00Fawning is a good word...Fawning is a good word...seana grahamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03774794086733027289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1054888927218536027.post-47167707830505333652014-09-21T16:23:14.261-07:002014-09-21T16:23:14.261-07:00But is the current expression more fawning in its ...But is the current expression more fawning in its reaching? Not, apparently, to those to whom it comes naturally. But even for them, I suspect a shadow of the expression's original fawning remains.Peter Rozovskyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09977933481463759162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1054888927218536027.post-30018698124351906292014-09-19T20:02:07.958-07:002014-09-19T20:02:07.958-07:00I think people reach for superlatives in relating ...I think people reach for superlatives in relating to others because it's a fairly easy thing to do, as opposed to actually repay them in some more substantial way.seana grahamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03774794086733027289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1054888927218536027.post-74735044663936259822014-09-19T19:29:24.453-07:002014-09-19T19:29:24.453-07:00"Thank you so much" is laying it on a bi..."Thank you so much" <i>is</i> laying it on a bit thick. So is "reaching out." But to the folks who use either, the smarm comes naturally.Peter Rozovskyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09977933481463759162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1054888927218536027.post-66277283267485257412014-09-16T22:11:00.101-07:002014-09-16T22:11:00.101-07:00Yes, I do wonder what Mr. Malady's story is. I...Yes, I do wonder what Mr. Malady's story is. I will have to take more notice, but I think my sense of "thank you so much" is one of laying it on a bit thick. Not always the case I'm sure. seana grahamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03774794086733027289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1054888927218536027.post-21192700978676410682014-09-16T20:19:23.121-07:002014-09-16T20:19:23.121-07:00Somehow I am not surprised that someone who writes...Somehow I am not surprised that someone who writes under a name like Matthew J. X. Malady would have a word such as <i>iteration</i> as his "fingerprint" word.<br /><br />A usage change I have noticed is that "thank you so much" (as opposed to the older "thanks a lot") seems to have passed to men from what to my ears had been use exclusively by women and girlsPeter Rozovskyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09977933481463759162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1054888927218536027.post-30649197803923848122014-09-16T18:15:46.014-07:002014-09-16T18:15:46.014-07:00Oh, and for any venture capitalists that happen to...Oh, and for any venture capitalists that happen to be passing by, here's a little more on <a href="http://confessionofignorance.blogspot.com/2012/05/cohort.html" rel="nofollow">cohort</a>.seana grahamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03774794086733027289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1054888927218536027.post-78016822228011620122014-09-16T18:10:22.498-07:002014-09-16T18:10:22.498-07:00That venture capitalist bit was actually perfect f...That venture capitalist bit was actually perfect for this post, Julie. As for the sibling thing, well, perhaps you're right. Perhaps I'll proofread your latest post for EIL and change every 'perhaps' to 'definitely'. Maybe. seana grahamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03774794086733027289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1054888927218536027.post-45628151730548889822014-09-16T16:58:23.493-07:002014-09-16T16:58:23.493-07:00Hi Seana, I heard a venture capitalist today on NP...Hi Seana, I heard a venture capitalist today on NPR say that at the Venture Capitalist Convention he was just at (who knew?) that the word "cohort" seemed to have been adopted by just about every new tech business trying to pitch their service or product. He also said that it made his "Spidey senses tingle" by the third time he heard it. I got a good laugh out of that. <br /><br />My fingerprint , in writing at least is perhaps...perhaps. I seem to use it all the time. Well, actually, I think both of my siblings do as well...Julie C Grahamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10819620461769996658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1054888927218536027.post-85596903750884897252014-09-16T10:10:39.149-07:002014-09-16T10:10:39.149-07:00Yes. And Slattern's Day too!Yes. And Slattern's Day too!seana grahamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03774794086733027289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1054888927218536027.post-71998375500205891002014-09-16T06:57:17.970-07:002014-09-16T06:57:17.970-07:00Loved this and will seek out the other article, to...Loved this and will seek out the other article, too. I think some connect me with "family wamily," a silly phrase, and now, in the blogosphere, "random coinciday," which I think I coined as a day of the week when a lot of stuff...coincides. In a more serious way, I don't know!Kathleenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06559881249054540947noreply@blogger.com