tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8377709913595182916.post3019734223750936408..comments2024-03-14T10:31:26.918+00:00Comments on DCblog: On a meeting meetingDChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10192779827863835310noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8377709913595182916.post-56030194804183800712009-02-10T12:14:00.000+00:002009-02-10T12:14:00.000+00:00There are many other example which can be expanded...There are many other example which can be expanded to give an odd result; to say someone 'reneged on a promise' means what? ... to 'go back on a promise promise'?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8377709913595182916.post-89051471496726305262008-12-05T21:55:00.000+00:002008-12-05T21:55:00.000+00:00Afraid not. I guess that would have to be 'summons...Afraid not. I guess that would have to be 'summons'.DChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10192779827863835310noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8377709913595182916.post-32141421390037641942008-12-05T21:39:00.000+00:002008-12-05T21:39:00.000+00:00Contributing to this discussion of "meeting" I wou...Contributing to this discussion of "meeting" I would like to add the following aspect: how to invite someone to a meeting he is expected/obliged to attend. In German there are two distinct words: Einladung (you can come= and Ladung (you must come). In English you have the word invitation. Does the word vitation exist if you must attend?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8377709913595182916.post-74178514805518706182008-12-05T10:35:00.000+00:002008-12-05T10:35:00.000+00:00FWIW, there are substantial numbers of ghits for w...FWIW, there are substantial numbers of ghits for workarounds such as 'pre-assembly meeting' and 'pre-meeting conference'. I imagine that most writers blanch and shudder upon meeting meeting meeting*, then reach for the internalized thesaurus...<BR/><BR/>*I can't match the '11 Had' record here, alas.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8377709913595182916.post-70135347146345738072008-12-04T18:10:00.000+00:002008-12-04T18:10:00.000+00:00Isn't "pre-council meeting" short for "pre-council...Isn't "pre-council meeting" short for "pre-council meeting council meeting"?<BR/><BR/>It would parse like this: (pre-(council meeting) council meeting).twaza (@wassabeee on twitter)https://www.blogger.com/profile/11078200068429582694noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8377709913595182916.post-34037507679039149342008-12-04T11:54:00.000+00:002008-12-04T11:54:00.000+00:00An even closer analogy than your "PIN number" exam...An even closer analogy than your "PIN number" example is "a pre-AGM meeting" [annual general meeting], of which there are several hundred examples on the Web. There are even examples of that rarest of conclaves, a "pre-EGM meeting" [extraordinary general meeting]!Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01798406038550391203noreply@blogger.com