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Repeat after me:
You talk to me.
I talk to you.
I talk to myself.
You talk to yourself.
You do not talk to myself, and I do not talk to yourself.
This error seems to be contagious in my office.
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On 10-12-2015 13:07, scott wrote:
> Repeat after me:
>
> You talk to me.
> I talk to you.
> I talk to myself.
> You talk to yourself.
>
> You do not talk to myself, and I do not talk to yourself.
>
> This error seems to be contagious in my office.
That is bizarre. A new paradigm emerging?
--
Thomas
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On 12/10/2015 12:07 PM, scott wrote:
> Repeat after me:
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> You talk to me.
> I talk to you.
> I talk to myself.
> You talk to yourself.
>
> You do not talk to myself, and I do not talk to yourself.
>
> This error seems to be contagious in my office.
Is that yourself talking to myself, to be sure.
--
Regards
Stephen
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>> Repeat after me:
>>
>> You talk to me.
>> I talk to you.
>> I talk to myself.
>> You talk to yourself.
>>
>> You do not talk to myself, and I do not talk to yourself.
>>
>> This error seems to be contagious in my office.
>
> That is bizarre. A new paradigm emerging?
It seems to be a couple of people that started using it (interestingly
who sit next to each other), and then a few more started saying it.
Because I noticed it and thought about it, I now notice every single
time someone does it. We even had this in an official company
announcement from a senior manager:
"Reporting to myself, Joe Bloggs will take on overall responsibility for
YYY."
Reporting to yourself must be nice.
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>> Repeat after me:
>>
>> You talk to me.
>> I talk to you.
>> I talk to myself.
>> You talk to yourself.
>>
>> You do not talk to myself, and I do not talk to yourself.
>>
>> This error seems to be contagious in my office.
>
> Is that yourself talking to myself, to be sure.
I think it must be my self talking to your self.
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On 12/10/2015 12:45 PM, scott wrote:
>>> Repeat after me:
>>>
>>> You talk to me.
>>> I talk to you.
>>> I talk to myself.
>>> You talk to yourself.
>>>
>>> You do not talk to myself, and I do not talk to yourself.
>>>
>>> This error seems to be contagious in my office.
>>
>> Is that yourself talking to myself, to be sure.
>
> I think it must be my self talking to your self.
>
We don't want to get ourselves in a fankle, now. :-)
--
Regards
Stephen
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On Thu, 10 Dec 2015 12:43:20 +0000, scott wrote:
>>> Repeat after me:
>>>
>>> You talk to me.
>>> I talk to you.
>>> I talk to myself.
>>> You talk to yourself.
>>>
>>> You do not talk to myself, and I do not talk to yourself.
>>>
>>> This error seems to be contagious in my office.
>>
>> That is bizarre. A new paradigm emerging?
>
> It seems to be a couple of people that started using it (interestingly
> who sit next to each other), and then a few more started saying it.
> Because I noticed it and thought about it, I now notice every single
> time someone does it. We even had this in an official company
> announcement from a senior manager:
>
> "Reporting to myself, Joe Bloggs will take on overall responsibility for
> YYY."
>
> Reporting to yourself must be nice.
I once had an English teacher who insisted that saying that you "found
yourself" was nonsense, because how do you "lose yourself"?
Jim
--
"I learned long ago, never to wrestle with a pig. You get dirty, and
besides, the pig likes it." - George Bernard Shaw
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On 12/10/2015 5:11 PM, Jim Henderson wrote:
> I once had an English teacher who insisted that saying that you "found
> yourself" was nonsense, because how do you "lose yourself"?
But found/lose your self is different, I would say.
--
Regards
Stephen
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On Thu, 10 Dec 2015 17:39:15 +0000, Stephen wrote:
> On 12/10/2015 5:11 PM, Jim Henderson wrote:
>> I once had an English teacher who insisted that saying that you "found
>> yourself" was nonsense, because how do you "lose yourself"?
>
> But found/lose your self is different, I would say.
Different but similar - this thread just triggered that memory. :)
Jim
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"I learned long ago, never to wrestle with a pig. You get dirty, and
besides, the pig likes it." - George Bernard Shaw
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scott <sco### [at] scottcom> wrote:
> Repeat after me:
>
> You talk to me.
> I talk to you.
> I talk to myself.
> You talk to yourself.
>
> You do not talk to myself, and I do not talk to yourself.
>
> This error seems to be contagious in my office.
from now on I only talk to I.
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