My grandfather's expression was "directly," which meant pretty much the same
thing as my "momentarily." It's a real word, like it or lump it, although you
seem, at least momentarily, to be in the majority of the literate on its use.
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/momentarily
Walt
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Edward Weston
-------------- Original message ----------------------
From: Andrew Fildes <afildes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
>
> 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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