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  • Rampant misuse of 'ETA': the A in ETA stands for 'arrival'.  Some coworkers use it when they mean 'completion', 'delivery', or 'repair'.  Wikipedia alleges that it may be used "metaphorically" or that it could stand for "achieve[ment]", but this smacks of backformation and must be shunned.
  • "Let's take this offline": this means either, "Let's discuss this over private email instead of boring everyone on the CC list with the details," which is stupid because the discussion will still be online, or, "Let's discuss this once the meeting we're sharing with other people is over," which is stupid because, unless the dialogue is occurring between people on a conference call, you're already offline.
Think.  Use the right fucking word, every time.  Only good things can happen.

Date: 2011-03-29 01:16 pm (UTC)
ext_8707: Taken in front of Carnegie Hall (scohol)
From: [identity profile] ronebofh.livejournal.com
A truck arrives and delivers something. They are not the same thing. Don't even try that. And comparing meetings or email discussions to an assembly line is an insult to assembly lines.

My mail is delivered

Date: 2011-03-29 01:30 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] notr.livejournal.com
and arrives in my mailbox.

Date: 2011-03-29 01:33 pm (UTC)
ext_8707: Taken in front of Carnegie Hall (mesna)
From: [identity profile] ronebofh.livejournal.com
The mail delivery agent delivers a message; a message arrives in your box. These are events that cleave together but are cleaved apart.

I still don't see

Date: 2011-03-29 09:29 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] notr.livejournal.com
where you can cleave them apart. If the delivery agent (whether machine or person) attempts delivery but the message never arrives in my box (whether on my mail server or on my porch), it hasn't actually been delivered.

Date: 2011-03-29 10:57 pm (UTC)
ext_8707: Taken in front of Carnegie Hall (dust)
From: [identity profile] ronebofh.livejournal.com
It's a matter of perspective. Things that are delivered arrive but not all things that arrive are delivered.

Certainly.

Date: 2011-03-30 03:33 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] notr.livejournal.com
Arrival is not always delivery. But delivery is always arrival, so an estimate for delivery is always an ETA.

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