This must be a British thing--I've never heard the word used that way in the U.S. On 10/10/05, Niall Litchfield <niall.litchfield@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On 10/10/05, VIVEK_SHARMA <VIVEK_SHARMA@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > > > Folks > > > > Need to groom a team of DBAs for internal performance Benchmarks of our > > product. This would involve grooming some existing as well as new > > software professionals having a few years of working experience with > > Oracle Databases. > > > > Vivek > > before you get too many somewhat confusing responses, "grooming" has a > different meaning in the english speaking world than training. It really > isn't likely to be the word of choice. For example > http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/3236571.stm might give you an idea > of the unfortunate connotations your wording may produce. > > > -- Paul Baumgartel paul.baumgartel@xxxxxxxxxxxx