John, You make the points I was wanting to make, thanks for saving me the effort.
I would point out that even if it is your boss tha is making the suggestion you can still argue with it (I have several times and often win the discussion). The boss always has the option to say "Do it anyway.", but at least my concerns were raised. Mind you Australians tend to be direct. Leon > > Your trip was more or less to the southern US, where I grew up. > > If you said "I suggest" to me, I would take it to mean just that - you're > making a suggestion. > > UNLESS you were my BOSS saying "I suggest" ... then, I would interpret it as > an order. > > But, if you're just one of the team that has several options available, "I > suggest" would indicate a preference for one option over the others. > > It's still not an order unless the "suggestion" is coming from the boss. > > The "Perhaps we could proceed like so and so" is more language suitable for > seeking compromise when team members have differing preferences. > > Team member A wants option #1; team member B wants option #2 and both are > kind of stubborn about their choice, so Team member C says "Perhaps we could > proceed like so and so" to offer a compromise that might bring both parties > closer together. > > There used to be a cliché here in the U.S. that went something like "What > you are understanding is not necessarily what I'm saying." > > It's frequently difficult to clearly communicate what you really mean even > when there is no cultural differences in the way words are perceived. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
