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Atricle Dump - Watch Your Language
Americans spent almost as much in two months on holiday items as they did all year on charitable giving in 2004. Holiday retail sales for November and December 2004 in the general merchandise category were up 5.7 percent, totaling roughly $229 billion, according to the National Retail Federation. Charitable giving for 2004 topped $248 billion.Why am I t
After she hung up I asked her what that room had that was like a fireplace. She answered that it was a fireplace. I asked why she didn't say so inste
I remember my very first speaking engagement. I was excited but also a little nervous. I was faced with some of the common fears everyone experiences. Even though we may know that many of our fears are most likely not ever going to actually happen, they still have a way of trying to take center stage right before we get on stage.
No, not because you need to be careful what your kids hear. They've been hearing from you all their lives, so changing your speech habits now won't make much difference.
I'm talking about what you pick up from listening to them - words and figures of speech that simply aren't appropriate in the business world. These are words you wouldn't intend to use, but when kids pick up slang at school and use it at home, it is very easy for parents to "catch it" and start using it too.
One of the worst habits has been around for quite a while now - it has unfortunately not died out the way some fads do. That one is "like." It has invaded society to such an extent that you might even hear prominent people using it in televised interviews. And it makes them sound unintelligent every time.
Once several years ago I overheard a Realtor talking with a client on the phone. She was describing a house they should see, and when she got to the living room she said: "It has like a fireplace."
After she hung up I asked her what that room had that was like a fireplace. She answered that it was a fireplace. I asked why she didn't say so instea
In a recent survey by the Mercury Consulting Group it stated that some British boards had frozen ICT budgets because they were seeing insufficient evidence of a return from their investments (ROI).Typically, to prove an ROI, ICT departments need analysis, management and monitoring tools and resource BUT sometimes no budgets are available for this either
I'm talking about what you pick up from listening to them - words and figures of speech that simply aren't appropriate in the business world. These are words you wouldn't intend to use, but when kids pick up slang at school and use it at home, it is very easy for parents to "catch it" and start using it too.
One of the worst habits has been around for quite a while now - it has unfortunately not died out the way some fads do. That one is "like." It has invaded society to such an extent that you might even hear prominent people using it in televised interviews. And it makes them sound unintelligent every time.
Once several years ago I overheard a Realtor talking with a client on the phone. She was describing a house they should see, and when she got to the living room she said: "It has like a fireplace."
After she hung up I asked her what that room had that was like a fireplace. She answered that it was a fireplace. I asked why she didn't say so inste
Manufacturers and distributors are rolling out more sales incentive programs for their channel partners than ever before.Some of these programs are not as successful as they could be, however, because they fail to appreciate fully what motivates salespeople and drives them to overachieve. Read on to learn six key concepts that can make your incentive pr
One of the worst habits has been around for quite a while now - it has unfortunately not died out the way some fads do. That one is "like." It has invaded society to such an extent that you might even hear prominent people using it in televised interviews. And it makes them sound unintelligent every time.
Once several years ago I overheard a Realtor talking with a client on the phone. She was describing a house they should see, and when she got to the living room she said: "It has like a fireplace."
After she hung up I asked her what that room had that was like a fireplace. She answered that it was a fireplace. I asked why she didn't say so inste
Redevelopment is replacing new construction throughout the Greater Boston area, as construction costs climb and the commercial/retail vacancy rate reaches new (and alarming) levels.Redevelopment of highly visible, publicly owned or historic properties~ such as shipyards, air bases, and historic mills ~ involves all the usual steps of Federal
Once several years ago I overheard a Realtor talking with a client on the phone. She was describing a house they should see, and when she got to the living room she said: "It has like a fireplace."
After she hung up I asked her what that room had that was like a fireplace. She answered that it was a fireplace. I asked why she didn't say so inste
Call center marketing solutions assist in the promotion and selling of products, so as to ensure the business success of the clients. Call centers are the contact centers or customer interaction centers of a company. They come up with prompt responses to customer enquiries. The outbound services of call centers help to maximize the revenue with the identificat
After she hung up I asked her what that room had that was like a fireplace. She answered that it was a fireplace. I asked why she didn't say so instead of saying it was something that was like a fireplace. Of course she got mad.
But hey, she was representing my company with that Junior High School language - and that wasn't the image we needed to project. Thank goodness she hadn't picked up ALL of her daughter's language. She didn't say "I want to like tell you about the like living room because it has this like fireplace." But some people have picked it up to that degree.
I'll admit to being paranoid about that one. So much so that if I really mean that something is "like" something else I'll often change my words to say it "resembles" something else. I'm afraid that with current usage, some people might not understand.
Women especially need to watch out. I don't know if we pick up our children's speech habits more easily than men do, but it appears that way. And, since we still have to work a little harder than men do to be respected, we can't afford to come off sounding like school children.
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