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Have y'all noticed in the past year or so how the word "issue" has effectivley replaced the word "problem?" We no longer have any problems -- only issues. I am so sick of hearing this word oversused.
Now that I have sensitized you to this issue you might be tempted to flame me but sorry not allowed here.
You leagalists from the hypehnated thread please note that above I used a double hyphen = a dash -- appropriately I hope. So OK I am trying to comply to the rules but sometimes I wish we did not have to be so nitpicky. It is OK for me to be nitpicky about my little concerns but not for you. So there!
Now that I have sensitized you to this issue you might be tempted to flame me but sorry not allowed here.
You leagalists from the hypehnated thread please note that above I used a double hyphen = a dash -- appropriately I hope. So OK I am trying to comply to the rules but sometimes I wish we did not have to be so nitpicky. It is OK for me to be nitpicky about my little concerns but not for you. So there!
Jesus is THE life,
Leonard





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"Problem" can be replaced, for example, by words such as confusion, conundrum, deadlock, difficulty, dilemma, enigma, gordian knot, hitch, imbroglio, impass, labyrinth, mare's nest, morass, plight, predicament, poser, puzzle, quagmire, quandary, roughness, scabrous situation, snag, stalemate, syndrome, trouble, etc., depending on the conditions of the problem in hand.
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Actually, some truth in this but irritating, none the less. As, of course, all such trite and cliched phrases are.
In management speak (forgot which thread, doesn't matter) these pet sayings appear to be a mantra that guides their little lives. (Note the use of "little")
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Welcome to the site!
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leagalists??? Is this an english spelling?
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ietech
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--Mike--
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Humans are, by and large, by nature and nurture, optimists, so "issue" sounds much more palatable than "problem" or "crisis". It's akin to grade inflation.
It'll move on to something else eventually, since everyone has broken the code and understands that "issue" is a euphemism for "problem".
TTFN
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Not english spelling just sloppy spelling.
Thanks for y'all's (SIC plural)input.
Jesus is THE life,
Leonard