That was my Monday.
We've been busier than usual and sometimes I get my tang tungled. Tongue tangled. I can't speak...
Well, I can speak, but I say the wrong words right...... the words I am using correctly are not the words I meant to say..
Confused? Yeah, me too.
I feel an example is needed here.
OK, so when someone give a DNA sample to a research foundation for research, and a foundation being a foundation and all, they don't release private information.
Your "donation" is, and here's where I get into trouble on the phone, anonymous.
And I know that.
But what comes out of my mouth when I am explaining the whole DNA-retrieval system (don't get me started) is that " your donation is, of course, unanimous.
So, the person on the phone is silent....thinking about what I just said....unanimous...
Confused? Yeah, me too.
I feel an example is needed here.
OK, so when someone give a DNA sample to a research foundation for research, and a foundation being a foundation and all, they don't release private information.
Your "donation" is, and here's where I get into trouble on the phone, anonymous.
And I know that.
But what comes out of my mouth when I am explaining the whole DNA-retrieval system (don't get me started) is that " your donation is, of course, unanimous.
So, the person on the phone is silent....thinking about what I just said....unanimous...
"No, sorry....."
"You mean they aren't unanimous in their findings????"
"No, that's not what I meant to say..."
"Well???"
"OK , your results have been given to the fouondation...ah..unan..ah..anono.....uh...without your name.
"Oooh, you mean..... anon·y·mous·ly !!"
"YES! YES! THANK YOU"
So, I'm going to put this up on my cubicle wall:
anon·y·mous
Pronunciation:
\ə-ˈnä-nə-məs\
Function:
adjective
1 : not named or identified
And....
unan·i·mous
Pronunciation:
\yu̇-ˈna-nə-məs\
Function:
adjective
1 : being of one mind : agreeing 2 : formed with or indicating unanimity : having the agreement and consent of all — unan·i·mous·ly adverb
What words do you have problems spitting out???
Have a good Tuesday and mean what you say and say what you mean...and if in doubt...pretend like there's a bad phone connection and you can't understand what they're saying!!
"wha?? I can't hear yo..can you hea me? ello? We mus ha a bad conn ec tion?"
-me
4 comments:
Just the other day, my sister said she meant to say 'monogrammed'; she said 'mammogrammed'...you are not alone! Cracks me up when we do this kind of thing and the reactions we get are usually pretty funny...hope your caller saw the humor of it, after all. Love ya.
Oh I'm always stumbling over my words! I just think my mouth doesn't wait for my brain to catch up! I usually follow up with "are you with me on this?" which is usually followed by either a blank stare...if in person...or a very long pause when on the phone! LOL!
Its not a happy word, but it makes my family laugh...I cant pronounce funeral..my husband was showing our Tappan stove to prospect buyers of our house and said " we have a lovely Tampon" pretty funny. Laurie
I can't think of any of mine right now (or am I just not admitting to them?)
But here's a Freudian slip. Whenever I type Fargo, which I do often in my work, living in ND as I do, I type Farto. Go figure. (Maybe it stems from the long-held rivalry between NDSU in Farto (erm, Fargo), and UND in Grand Forks, which I attended.
Anyway, when I worked as a temp at a business here in Bismarck, the receptionist had to say, "Good afternoon, Tucker Sales. This is Kathy. How may I direct your call?" But on one day she said, "How may I direct your car?"
From that day on she abbreviated her greeting, no matter what the bosses were requiring.
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