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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!

Jesus is THE life,
Leonard

RE: issue

I agree with metman. The richness of the english language is unexploited.
"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.

RE: issue

Popular: "We don't have problems, only opportunities."
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")

RE: issue

I have just joined this web site, and have read a few posts this morning...  Already, I am laughing out loud!  It is so good to know that other engineers feel the same way I do about management, popular "buzz words", grammar usage, etc.  Not to mention the huge amount of information available for searching.  Thank you for sharing!!

RE: issue

In the military I learned that we never had problems, only situations that needed to be rectified.

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RE: issue

Joules1971,
Welcome to the site!

RE: issue

In Chinese symbol JI, it has two meaning dangerous crisis, problem and other meaning opportunity.

RE: issue

Hi metman

leagalists???  Is this an english spelling?


Regards,


ietech

RE: issue

jmw:

I've never had to fix an opportunity.

--Mike--

RE: issue

As you might recall from "Monty Python and the Holy Grail", when the Black Knight gets his arm lopped off and blood is spurting out by the gallon, he says something to the effect of "it's only a flesh wound".

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

RE: issue

We're facing a challenge.

RE: issue

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ietech,
Not english spelling just sloppy spelling.

Thanks for y'all's (SIC plural)input.

Jesus is THE life,
Leonard

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