Like, Totally

[shermarama]

Someone needs to tell my Chinese colleagues that 'the PC has 5 PCI slots in total' and 'the PC totally has 5 PCI slots' don't quite mean the same thing, or at least not to anyone that watched the Bill & Ted films. But it ain't going to be me.

Comments

[damerell.livejournal.com]

Bogus, dude.

[ex-lark-asc.livejournal.com]

Damn, you beat me to it. :)

Or Clueless

[feanelwa.livejournal.com]

Like omg, 5 PCI slots, that is totally in. Etc.

Re: Or Clueless

[mattydesade.livejournal.com]

That's like, way more slots than mine. Could it, like, have any more slots? Ad infinitum.

Re: Or Clueless

[shermarama]

You see? It'd spoil the only fun there is to be had in long meetings if I told them.

[christhomas123.livejournal.com]

I hate to abuse a stereotype, but they're stereotypes for a reason...

Is it 'totary' as well?

[shermarama]

I suppose it is but I don't notice. They've got much more significant accent artefacts to correct for than that. 'Module', a word that comes up a lot when you're talking about VB software, sounds almost exactly like 'model' in the accent of the man who'll be doing most of the programming, which can lead to misunderstandings if not allowed for.