Those are problems.
Issues belong in international politics.
It's every bit as bad as it seems.
Substitute 'problems' - see? - it works.
Never use utilise when use will do - then you'll start to wonder if
utilise is actually a useable word.
About time we had a pedantry thread.
Andrew Fildes
afildes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
On 21/11/2007, at 3:59 AM, Bob Whitmire wrote:
>
> This is not as bad as it sometimes seems. When people drop into this
> kind of pop-talk, they make themselves ready targets for the lampoon.
>
> "Be nice," he said, "she has issues."
>
> "Issues my ass," I replied. "The woman is crazy as a freaking loon!"
>
>
> Also, when such terms are used with the appropriate smirk, new and
> interesting shades of meaning are implied.
>
> "You might say that my father and I had issues," I said.
>
> "Oh dear. Did you ever resolve them?"
>
> "Yes, I shot the bastard in the head and framed my mother. Issues
> resolved."
>
> And so it goes.
>
> --Bob Whitmire
> "Art's just fart without the eff."
> www.bwp33.com
>
>
> On Nov 20, 2007, at 12:57 AM, Andrew Fildes wrote:
>
>> no-one ever has a problem anymore, they have an 'issue.'
>
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