CP Time

[Dennis R. Preston]

Once when I taught in New York I told a colleague who I was driving
to a conference that I wouls pick him up around 7:10 or 7:15. He
asked "Which?" Reckon I was usin some kinda time he wasn't used to.
Coulda been HP time.

dInIs

>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.]


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Dennis R. Preston
University Distinguished Professor
Department of Linguistics and Germanic, Slavic,
        Asian and African Languages
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Michigan State University
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