Sunday, November 2, 2008

quicko: super

It's amazing how one innocuous little word can come loaded with entirely different set of connotations here. Take super.

We're not talking great, good, fantastic, fabulous, excellent anymore.

Oh, no. We're talking money, savings, government, 9%, retirement.

I don't mind super meaning "superannuation" half the time here, it's just that it always catches me off guard to hear it as a noun. (Yes, I know. Us language sorts are easily spooked.)

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