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Specific V Pacific

18 replies

Popsie3 · 25/01/2013 14:15

AIBU to think that grown adults should know the difference between these two words?, My boss has just asked for that 'Pacific email' instead of Specific.

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KirstyoffEastenders · 25/01/2013 14:16

Was s/he taking the piss??

RafflesWay · 25/01/2013 14:17

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lynniep · 25/01/2013 14:18

is he 5?

Alligatorpie · 25/01/2013 14:19

My mil says it too - drives me nuts!

Popsie3 · 25/01/2013 14:19

Haha it is a grown man and he was deadly serious!

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PelvicFloorClenchReminder · 25/01/2013 14:20

Was it an email about the Pacific ocean? If not, please pelt said boss with walnuts.

Greatdomestic · 25/01/2013 14:20

i used to have a manager who did this all the time. It was the least of her many faults thoughSmile

BeebiesQueen · 25/01/2013 14:20

if fairness, I actually cant say specific Blush and it always comes out pacific or spfiffic. I do know the diffrence, I just cant say the diffrence

boredSAHMof4 · 25/01/2013 14:25

you have to think of it as 'pecific not pacific!!

stargirl1701 · 25/01/2013 14:27

YANBU!

Nancy66 · 25/01/2013 14:27

Did he say

'Can I get that pacific email from yourself?'

...if so, I think you're within your rights to kill him.

Happiestinwellybobs · 25/01/2013 14:27

My old boss used to say this too. YANBU... Surely they are two very different words.

TiggerWearsATriteSmile · 25/01/2013 14:32

I had a colleague that said this.
I corrected him so he wouldn't be embarrassed. He then embarrassed himself further by getting completely tongue tied and stumbling over it.

He avoids the word completely now :)

My ears are happy

FreshLeticia · 25/01/2013 15:22

And 'burtatoes' for 'potatoes'
It begins with a P FFS!

LadyMercy · 25/01/2013 15:37

Pacific is an ocean damnit!

specialsubject · 25/01/2013 15:53

'please pelt said boss with walnuts. '

brilliant.

remember that most managers are only there because they are incapable of doing the job.

MrsMelons · 25/01/2013 17:35

I was in a training session this week and the woman delivering one of the sessions said 'pacific' about 15 times in an hour instead of 'specific', it really got on my nerves.

I must say I didn't think that it may be something she just couldn't say, I feel quite bad now.

countrykitten · 25/01/2013 18:21

Never ever come across this one. Potatoe's annoys me though.

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