Just a variant of 'in a moment' and I don't care how damn good and
ready you are, that's just damn good and wrong, dammit.
"The doctor will be with you momentarily."
"Oh, I need to speak to him for longer than that."
OR
"We'll be landing momentarily."
"Why, isn't the runway long enough?"
Try it - it really annoys.
It even takes longer to say than 'in a moment' or 'for a moment.'
They only use it 'cos they think it sounds clever.
Andrew Fildes
afildes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
On 05/04/2007, at 4:04 PM, Walt Wayman wrote:
> "Momentarily" really means "When I'm damn good and ready." At least
> that's how I use it. :-)
>
> Walt
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