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- From: godfrey@sscvx1.ssc.gov (LAURENCE GODFREY)
- Subject: Re: English English
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- Date: Sun, 15 Nov 1992 17:31:00 GMT
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- In article <1992Nov15.040331.29535@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU>, ckp2n@faraday.clas.Virginia.EDU (Christin writes...
- >godfrey@sscvx1.ssc.gov writes:
- >> I have just received a letter from the omnipotent BT which begins:
- >> thank you for your complaint about .... which has been onpassed to me.
- >> Can anyone spot the non-English word in the sentence above? Is this
- >> another one, like de-plane, that we have to thank the Americans for?
- >>
- >> Laurence
- >
- >I don't think the Americans are to blame for this one. I have
- >seen lots of bureaucratese in my life, but "onpassed" is new to
- >me. Actually, it has a rather German sound to it, don't you
- >think? Who owns BT these days, anyway?
- >
- >Chris
-
- We're not quite sure. We are told it's the shareholders, but I don't know
- anyone who will admit to being a shareholder. Are you suggesting that
- it is the kingpin of the 4th Reich?
-
- Laurence
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