As in, "The doctor will be with you momentarily."
"Er, I'll need to see him for longer than that!'
Puzzled look.
Andrew Fildes
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On 09/06/2011, at 7:31 PM, Jez Cunningham wrote:
> Aaargh - 'momentarily' :-(
> Or maybe the doctor will only spend a moment with you?
>
> On 9 June 2011 01:12, Andrew Fildes <afildes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> It's a distinctively American usage - as in 'the doctor will be with you
>> momentarily', meaning you'll be waiting almost twenty minutes.
>> Andrew Fildes
>> afildes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>
>>
>>
>> On 09/06/2011, at 1:27 AM, Ken Norton wrote:
>>
>>> 18 minutes, 30 seconds?
>>>
>>> That's one very long decisive moment.
>>>
>>> AG
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