Gabfest: And Thereby Hangs A Tail

I don’t mean to interfere or interrupt in the discussion or take sides, but I think @sokanasanah was offering a solution to me on how to handle such typo & English errors on an ongoing basis going into the job in response to my last sentence i.e. “ so, yes, that’s going to be a real challenge “ Also, he suggested I run wild on the rest of the document which couldn’t possibly be in the context of the offer letter I believe.

Thank you both for your valuable inputs.

 

Yes, you did misread.

I was/am - the assumption being that the offer has been accepted, so there's no reason for me to revisit the past.

I was trying to suggest ways in which she might manage editing challenges on the job. My focus was on the projections into the future, underlined above. After all, one doesn't make onself an asset to the boss simply by displaying editing chops on the offer letter. It would take a tad bit more than that, yes?

We are talking about culture. It is not a fixed yes/no, but the general mileu. Varies somewhat with the field, and country, but in general, the openness in scientifc research groups in the US (and the UK) is unmatched in most other fields of endeavor. There are always the autocrats. You must be hanging out with the wrong kind of people.

 

At IL u mean !
PS: Academic pecking order /Academic entrepreneurship and how most grad progs run like tiny little companies inside is something I am fully aware of even if I am personally not affected. Too much grey hair on my head to believe in the myth of young grad student == full blown prof . There are plenty of incidents of bullying at univs by full tenured profs that I can no longer brush them aside as one off. In US.

Lets just agree to disagree.

 

Well, that would indeed be a myth, wouldn't it? All I'm saying is that the culture promotes a greater degree of openness than in almost any other field. The Boss who steals from a young aspirant is a real and acknowledged trope, most of all among scientists themselves.

Youthful energy (such as mine) on IL is the only antidote to all that cynical grey hair.

Not as long as I have a cudgel in hand.

 

@Rihana,

Is there a title called, "Finest Post Nominator"?

 

As if I don't know already that this is how u do it in ur world !

 

No, no - I was trying to talk to you in a language you would understand!

 

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When I am with "'we' the people", I think in American.

When with bhumiputras, I go with kami or kita. The kami (we) is used in a context where "we" is only referring to a subset of people in the statement. For example if Nonya is with Rihana, and Ragini25, and addressing Ragini25, and said, "we are going to a movie", using the word KAMI for "we", then Ragini25 would be left behind. OTOH, if Nonya used the word KITA for "we", all three of them are going to a movie. Kita is inclusive, whereas Kami is not.

 

@Nonya @Ragini25 wants to know if you are an English professor. I called you a prof once & it sparked her curiosity. Pls clarify her doubt.