Word Oddities
Thought for the day: There are people who climb the ladder of success wrong by wrong. Do you watch out for peculiar character traits in people where their style of talking is concerned? They seem to have a pet phrase/ word which becomes so much a part of their lives that they keep on repeating it in every line they speak. In fact, if you’re honest, even you’ll have some such traits. Let me recall some of the more memorable ones from the past: (a )‘Are you with me?’ : A boss in my first company had this as his pet phrase, and I remember it from the days when I was a GET(Graduate Engineer Trainee). We had a thirty five day training schedule in Pune, and he was the coordinator, meaning that he used to be the one introducing each ‘lecturer/teacher’, and also, would be taking some of the classes himself. So, everytime he would introduce someone he’d go’ This is Mr. So-and-so. He has been with us since ….. Are you with me?’ And, when he was taking the subject of airconditioning for textile i...