[LINK] Re: Link Digest, Vol 172, Issue 5

[Linda Rouse]

Hey - that must be where 'my goodness' comes from!
I always wondered... :-)
best
Linda
ps love the Seligman quote!

At 12:38 AM +1100 3/3/07, Ivan Trundle wrote:
>my good.
>
>Thanks, folks... I now know that Shakespeare was ahead of his time, again.
>
>Rather prescient, in a way. Today I attended a seminar presented by 
>Martin Seligman, and he opened the day with this little tale:
>
>When he was once much more in the media spotlight, he was given some 
>media training, but was still confounded by a TV reporter who wanted 
>to get a sound byte: and his media minder said that one word will do 
>(it must have been a piece for CNN) and that he should be mindful of 
>how he might be interpreted. The question from the reporter went 
>like this:
>
>"Dr Seligman, can you tell me, what is the state of the body of 
>American psychology today?"
>
>Seligman: "Good"
>
>Reporter: "Sorry, I need more than that. Can we do this again?"
>
>(the media advisor suggested that two words would be sufficient if 
>he could remain succinct)
>
>"Dr Seligman, can you tell me, what is the state of the body of 
>American psychology today?"
>
>Seligman: "Not good"
>
>Reporter: "Sorry, I still need need more than that. Can we do this again?"
>
>(the media advisor suggested that three words would have to do, and 
>cautioned him not to overstate things)
>
>"Dr Seligman, can you tell me, what is the state of the body of 
>American psychology today?"
>
>Seligman: "Not good enough..."
>
>
>...well, it was funny when he said it, at least.
>
>iT
>
>On 02/03/2007, at 4:00 PM, Linda Rouse wrote:
>
>>  Try the FWSE  (Famous Web Search Engine) as New Scientist calls it.
>>
>> 
>>http://www.google.com/search?as_q=&hl=en&num=10&btnG=Google+Search&as_epq=my+bad&as_oq=&as_eq=&lr=&as_ft=i&as_filetype=&as_qdr=all&as_nlo=&as_nhi=&as_occt=any&as_dt=i&as_sitesearch=&as_rights=&safe=images
>>
>>  The Mavens' Word of the Day
>>  The exclamation My bad! is an apologetic way of saying 'My fault! 
>>... Some people nominated My bad! as a candidate for 1999 "Word of 
>>the Year," an ...
>>  www.randomhouse.com/wotd/index.pperl?date=20000111 - 8k - Cached - 
>>Similar pages
>>
>>  best
>>  Linda
>>
>>  At 3:01 PM +1100 2/3/07, Ivan Trundle wrote:
>>>  On 02/03/2007, at 12:25 PM, Howard Lowndes wrote:
>>>
>>>>   Stilgherrian wrote:
>>>>>   On 2/3/07 11:26 AM, "Stewart Fist" <stewart_fist at optusnet.com.au> wrote:
>>>>>>     And I don't know how Aspirin (a German invention) came to 
>>>>>>be listed as an
>>>>>>   Australian invention.  I guess we are getting Russianised or 
>>>>>>Americanized.
>>>>>   Aspirin was a German invention, yes. Aspro, i.e. 
>>>>>aspirin-in-a-tablet, was
>>>>>   the Australian thing.
>>>>
>>>>   OK, my bad...
>>>
>>>  Can a Linker with more communicative teenager offspring tell me 
>>>what 'my bad' means, and its origins?
>>>
>>>  iT
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>>
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>>
>
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>Ivan Trundle
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