What the Finns say | What most Finns mean in my experience | ] |
I hear what you say | I hear what you say, you don't need to shout | |
With the greatest respect... | I'm trying to disagree politely | |
That's not bad | That's good | |
That is a very brave proposal | That is a very brave proposal | |
Quite good | Very good | |
I would suggest... | I'm pretty sure this is the way you should do it, but it's your project not mine | |
Oh, incidentally/by the way | Another important point | |
I was a bit disappointed that | I was disappointed that | |
Very interesting | Extremely interesting | |
I'll bear it in mind | I'll try to remember/ I don't know what to say because I haven't thought about it much | |
I'm sure it's my fault | I think it's partly my fault and partly your fault, but you need to acknowledge your own part, I don't want to criticize you | |
You must come for dinner | I want to invite you for dinner | |
I almost agree | I agree in part | |
I only have a few minor comments | I only have a few things I don't like, most of it was good | |
Could we consider some other options? | I don't like that idea |
Eric Hanson wrote: I hope that other readers can discern from my post that I only wanted to be able to encourage civility in discussion--never an attack
Ben Zumeta wrote:I am also drowning in a sea of acronyms at work, so maybe he’s mentioned it enough that most people who aren’t cerebrally saturated with them would remember PEP, or VORP, but if the book is for the beginner it would help to spell it out. One way to help overcome acronym illiteracy would be to make sure each component part is explained in the prior sections in such a way as to make their integration seem the obvious next step.