Tuesday, June 18, 2013

English with an American Corporate Accent - 030

This is another collection from recent meetings and trips. It works best if you can find a native English speaker with exposure to corporate America to elaborate on the finer points that I cannot cover well here.

* Everyone is welcome to weigh in on this issue. [Everyone is welcome to give his opinion on this issue.]
* Let's get a best guessmate or swag for these development tasks. [Let's get a best estimate for these development tasks.]
* To get that storage discovery code to work in a month is a nonstarter. [To get that storage discovery code to work in a month has little chance of success.]
* Please note that this is not fully vetted within Adam's org. [Please note that this is not fully examined within Adam's organization yet.]
* I will be on the road and/or in the sticks, so if you need to contact me, it may be hard. [I will be on the road and/or in the back country, so if you need to contact me, it may be hard.]
* The counter was also a diagnostic breadcrumb during development. [The counter was also a diagnostic left-over piece during development.]
* Yes, that project just got integrated was my day job :-). [Yes, that project just got integrated was my officially assigned regular day-time job :-)]
* I am currently maxed-out with support to customers. [I am currently completely swamped with supports to customers.]
* Feels like treading water now. [Feels like not making any progress now.]
* I'm feeling a little under the weather today. [I'm feeling ill today.]
* As part of on-boarding process, you'll learn this new tool. [As part of  the process to join this new team, you'll learn this new tool.]
* Once you sign up for it, you'll be on a very slippery slope. [Once you agree to join it, you'll be on a very treacherous path.]
* You need to give security visibility to the development process. [You need to raise the awareness of security in the development process.]