tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8377709913595182916.post1488545807233785053..comments2024-03-14T10:31:26.918+00:00Comments on DCblog: On giving 100 percentDChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10192779827863835310noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8377709913595182916.post-17616127956787233942009-11-21T14:09:43.799+00:002009-11-21T14:09:43.799+00:00Interesting conversation.
We are currently battli...Interesting conversation.<br /><br />We are currently battling with management who want to implement a new pay structure which, after three years in post, will no longer reward you by more than a 'cost of living' increase if you are merely doing your job 'fully and well'.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8377709913595182916.post-86130524752896427302009-06-19T23:15:06.192+00:002009-06-19T23:15:06.192+00:00I had this undigested understanding that giving 10...I had this undigested understanding that giving 100 percent could not be surpassed because percent meant per hundred - thus giving 100 per 100 meant giving the complete whole deal. There is thus no more to give. <br /><br /><br />People who inflate the language often dilute the beer and are thus not trusted - at least that is the case in Yorkshire.deano30https://www.blogger.com/profile/12637249297224887297noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8377709913595182916.post-9176647272693202492009-05-07T22:49:00.000+00:002009-05-07T22:49:00.000+00:00@ "In other words, 'satisfactory' now means 'not s...@ "In other words, 'satisfactory' now means 'not satisfactory'."<br /><br />This has been true for several decades now. Even in the 1970s the "damning with faint praise" nature of "satisfactory" on a school report was evident, and since then the use of "satisfactory" to mean "unsatisfactory" has spread outside the education system. At least, that's how it seems here in Aotearoa.mehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09042500344000182850noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8377709913595182916.post-90190535265706005102009-05-04T08:04:00.000+00:002009-05-04T08:04:00.000+00:00In education now it seems that 'satisfactory' no l...In education now it seems that 'satisfactory' no longer means 'satisfactory', but actually means 'not quite good enough'. In other words, 'satisfactory' now means 'not satisfactory'.Ipmilathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11370120491927658242noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8377709913595182916.post-11558518548842294082009-05-02T09:19:00.000+00:002009-05-02T09:19:00.000+00:00Not really. I've watched it a couple of times, to ...Not really. I've watched it a couple of times, to see the sort of thing it is. Professional duty, I suppose. Otherwise a raft of cultural linguistic allusions would pass me by.DChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10192779827863835310noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8377709913595182916.post-18817486276828787652009-05-01T15:21:00.000+00:002009-05-01T15:21:00.000+00:00The other side of the coin, of course, is the powe...The other side of the coin, of course, is the powerful understatement:'not bad...not bad at all...', or 'Houston, we have a problem.'Ric Morrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00517235813141383958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8377709913595182916.post-67985784986632656832009-04-29T17:25:00.000+00:002009-04-29T17:25:00.000+00:00Are you a fan of "The Apprentice"?Are you a fan of "The Apprentice"?Sallyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09616930961070423792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8377709913595182916.post-28431806290252748652009-04-28T15:58:00.000+00:002009-04-28T15:58:00.000+00:00And that was over 30 years ago. I've no idea when ...And that was over 30 years ago. I've no idea when the usage first came in. The OED hasn't yet got a trace on it.DChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10192779827863835310noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8377709913595182916.post-33866351148615852009-04-28T15:41:00.000+00:002009-04-28T15:41:00.000+00:00In the 1972 US presidential election, Democratic c...In the 1972 US presidential election, Democratic candidate George McGovern, in response to reports that his running mate Thomas Eagleton had undergone electric shock therapy for depression, said that he backed Eagleton "1000 percent". Less than a week later, he had removed him. <br /><br /><A HREF="http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=7755888" REL="nofollow">link</A>vphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16647609487352038948noreply@blogger.com