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jxd
Master of Master Baiters
Joined: 09 Jul 2007
Posts: 756
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Thu Apr 10, 2008 2:52 pm |
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I see this all the time and just now realize I have no idea what it means.
"The contents of your mail are well digested."
I understand they're trying to say they've read and paid attention to you. (They only think they need to say that when they aren't, of course.) But- where on earth does this come from. I understand screwing up common sayings, but... digested?
Most of my emails probably give them gas. |
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Newdonym
Elite Baiter
Joined: 19 Jan 2008
Posts: 1043
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Thu Apr 10, 2008 2:59 pm |
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Actually, that one makes sense to me.
To digest is to break something down. It is also used -slightly incorrectly- by a lot of people to mean absorption (taking in) as well.
Think readers digest for a similar use of the word.
I think they just use the thesaurus a bit too much. It can sometimes remind me of that friends episode where Joey writes some kind of speech and uses synonyms for almost every word. |
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SlapHappy
Baiting Guru
Joined: 15 May 2006
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Thu Apr 10, 2008 3:33 pm |
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Maybe they were just really hungry, and ate your email. Ask them to please stop doing that, it's not healthy. |
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writeon
Master of Master Baiters
Joined: 16 Mar 2007
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Location: SATA
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Thu Apr 10, 2008 3:36 pm |
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A common exression (in the UK)......"read learn and inwardly digest" |
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