The meeting request from the sales manager said that The Scientist was "cordially" invited to a work-related dinner later that week. While most would consider it a pleasant thing to be invited to ANY dinner, he supposed, and while the restaurant the company was springing for was fairly upscale (or so he had heard - he … Continue reading 9// Niceties
Tag: Parts of Speech
On Being Invited into a Secret Society
I've been intrigued lately by the salutatory phrase, "What's the good word?" as in: Me: "Hey {Person I Know}." {Person I Know}: "Hey Phil. What's the good word?" I hear this quite a bit, and I'm beginning to wonder if there is, in fact, a "good word". That if I SAY the "good word" to … Continue reading On Being Invited into a Secret Society