CP Time

[Beverly Flanigan]

Our department chair, who is Mormon, instructed us recently on how we might
better parcel out the hours of the day to reflect the 40-40-20 evaluation
of teaching, research, and service!

At 02:25 PM 11/5/2004, you wrote:
>Alice and Jesse speak of "Jewish time". It seems to me that I've always
>heard this expression from my relatives. (We are Jewish.)
>
>Jesse notes:
> >>>>>
>  I hear new variants of this constantly--"[some ethnic, racial,
>religious etc. group] time" = 'late'.
>  <<<<<
>
>It seems to me that there's a significant difference in whether or not such
>terms are used by the group referenced in them.
>
>On the other hand, "Mormon standard time", which Fritz cites, or "Mormon
>time" as I have heard it, I was told referred to extreme punctuality: that a
>Mormon would say "I'll be there at 5:06" and appear at your door at 5:06.
>
>-- Mark A. Mandel
>[I talk, Dragon NaturallySpeaking types, I correct. Neither of us is
>perfect.]