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Nigel Rees
British
Author
Born:
Jun 5
,
1944
Euphemism
Job
Wish
Words
Work
You
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Dorothy L. Sayers
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Euphemism in the workplace does not end with job descriptions. It reaches a pusillanimous peak at the other end of the work process - in dismissal.
Nigel Rees
Work
Job
Other
Does
End
Process
Euphemism
Workplace
Descriptions
Peak
My job involves searching for 'lost' quotations - that is, trying to find out who came up with a quotable saying that lingers in someone's mind and which they wish to use for their own purpose and which they cannot find in conventional dictionaries of quotation.
Nigel Rees
Saying
Mind
Job
Wish
Lost
Own
Out
Find
Someone
Purpose
Involves
Came
Lingers
Up
Dictionaries
Trying
Conventional
Quotation
Quotations
Cannot
Which
Use
Who
Searching
How come there's only one Monopolies Commission?
Nigel Rees
Only
Come
How
Commission
Monopolies
Democracy is too good to share with just anybody.
Nigel Rees
Good
Democracy
Too
Share
Just
Anybody
I was terribly shy and never said anything in class. Then I started getting into school plays. When you've got words to say, you've got a sort of armour.
Nigel Rees
You
Class
Words
School
Say
Never
School Plays
Armour
Terribly
Sort
Said
Got
Getting
Anything
Then
Started
Shy
Plays
I was absolutely a non-starter at games. My report for rugby said, 'Nigel's chief contribution is his presence on the field.' I used to pray for rain and sometimes it did rain - and we played anyway.
Nigel Rees
Rain
Sometimes
Field
Rugby
Absolutely
Said
Pray
Pray For
His
Chief
Report
Contribution
Did
Anyway
Used
Games
Presence
Played
I got into New College, Oxford. The ethos was that you could work - or not.
Nigel Rees
Work
You
College
Could
New
Got
Oxford
Ethos
You wish to put a positive construction on your deeds and words.
Nigel Rees
Positive
You
Construction
Words
Wish
Put
Your
Deeds
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