| Friday, January 26, 2007
Getting Better All The Time
Here's a problem with the English language. Say, for instance, that you have been sick and someone asks you how you are. If you say "better" does that mean that you are all cured and in perfect health again? Or does it mean that you are feeling a little bit better but not yet quite right? How do you verbalize the latter without sounding like you are whining?
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"Improving, but still only around 70 or 80 percent," or words to that effect sometimes suffices. But then again, that only works if the person asking how you are KNOWS you have been under the weather, and really cares about you. If the person is merely a slight acquaintance just passing you in a hallway and doing the "hihowaya" thing without really expecting any response, they're not gonna wait to listen to you elaborate on the full details on your recovery. People can be annoying. Look at me, for example.
You're not whining, you're Henning. The two sound similar, especially when you're singing, but a real friend can tell the difference.
Me? I just grunt.
"nghfff"
say, "could be better, could be worse," then smash them in the face with a pie if they don't offer you cpr or tons of cash.
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