atw: Re: PeeveWatch: Reticent [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED]

Hi Debbie

Glad you enjoyed it :) I must admit I was thinking as I was writing
that it had a certain mellifluousness to it.

-Melanie

On 22/02/06, Hope Debbie <hope_debbie@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> Sorry Bob and Stuart
> If you think 'reticent' is hard to comment on - I think we are all still
> reeling from Melanie's little gem yesterday -
> """I'm surprised that's not called Nielsen's law - he has a proclivity
> to proclaim in those terms.""""
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> -proclivity to proclaim???
> Awesome
> :-)
> Debbie
> (no offence Melanie - just waking everyone up!)
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> Stuart,
> seeing that I am the first person to respond all day, I am not reticent,
> but I am unsure if everyone else is reticent or reluctant.
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> Has anyone noticed the word 'reticent' being used where 'reluctant' is
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> I don't remember hearing this until recently, but I've heard it a few
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> On the PeeveMeter it's overtaking the use of "simplistic" where "simple"
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