How to read between the lines, and then some. More polly-speak....greenspun.com : LUSENET : TimeBomb 2000 (Y2000) : One Thread |
`We don't expect a major problem,'' said Guy McKenzie, communications coordinator for Ottawa's Y2K ``We still certainly rely a lot on computer exchange.''Duh. Really? What is he saying? Any thoughts?
-- samIam (dr@seu.ss), November 30, 1999
Well he said in essence since we rely on computers they will be ok! Right? Did I get that right?
-- Susan Barrett (sue59@bellsouth.net), November 30, 1999.
He's saying:"We don't want you to realize that we expect that there might well be a major problem" and "We know that we still certainly rely a lot on computer [data] exchange."
Canadian English is an acquired art, not a language...:)
-- John Whitley (jwhitley@inforamp.net), November 30, 1999.