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“Highering” should be “hiring”

by teamspirit 1y ago

alganet 1y ago
I asked for viraptor's elaboration on what he thinks of it. Thanks for your perspective though.
- jameshart 1y ago
  Normally people don’t come back to explain a joke, because it ruins it.
  - alganet 1y ago
    One could say "it's a joke", without explaining it, thus, not ruining it. Also, saying some vague shit and then claiming it as a joke is very convenient. Finally, police injustice is not a subject for humor. It's no laughing matter. I'm not the one who's not "getting it" here.
    - jameshart 1y ago
      The original poster said they were worried about this leading to "highering illiterate officers" Mis-spelling the word 'hiring' as 'highering' when expressing a fear about falling literacy standards in the police is ironic, and therefore funny. Further elaboration was not warranted, but I'm providing it as a public service.
      - alganet 1y ago
        Highering is an existing, valid word, and it fits the phrase. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/highering https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/highering I agree that it is an unusual choice, but that doesn't mean you can assume it was a mispelling. Moreover, the meaning went through. Ultimately, the word itself does not matter, and none of your explanations are relevant.
        kortilla 1y ago
        That word doesn’t make any sense in this context. Stop digging this hole further FFS.
        alganet 1y ago
        It makes complete sense, it means "promotion" in that phrase. If you are going to disagree, please elaborate.
        kortilla 1y ago
        No, nobody ever says “I’m going to higher you” as a way to indicate they are promoting you. Not in the military, not in non-profits, not in the government, and not in any private or public business in the US. “Higher” is a homophone with “hire” and “hire” already has a critical role in reference to career management. At this point I can only assume you haven’t worked somewhere where English is the spoken language.
        alganet 1y ago
        > No, nobody ever says “I’m going to higher you” People say they want to move up the corporate ladder, which implies higher, and brings a visual analogy to the phrase that is compatible with what I said. There is no adverbial expression using the radical "up". The adverbiality must come from "high". > “Higher” is a homophone with “hire” and “hire” This phrase doesn't make sense. > At this point I can only assume you haven’t worked somewhere where English is the spoken language. What you assume doesnt't matter. Where I worked or not doesn't matter.
        kortilla 1y ago
        > This phrase doesn't make sense Because English is clearly not a language you have a day to day grasp on. Read the rest of the sentence. You weren’t able to correctly split a compound sentence.
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“Highering” should be “hiring”

alganet 1y ago

I asked for viraptor's elaboration on what he thinks of it. Thanks for your perspective though.

jameshart 1y ago
Normally people don’t come back to explain a joke, because it ruins it.
- alganet 1y ago
  One could say "it's a joke", without explaining it, thus, not ruining it. Also, saying some vague shit and then claiming it as a joke is very convenient. Finally, police injustice is not a subject for humor. It's no laughing matter. I'm not the one who's not "getting it" here.
  - jameshart 1y ago
    The original poster said they were worried about this leading to "highering illiterate officers" Mis-spelling the word 'hiring' as 'highering' when expressing a fear about falling literacy standards in the police is ironic, and therefore funny. Further elaboration was not warranted, but I'm providing it as a public service.
    - alganet 1y ago
      Highering is an existing, valid word, and it fits the phrase. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/highering https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/highering I agree that it is an unusual choice, but that doesn't mean you can assume it was a mispelling. Moreover, the meaning went through. Ultimately, the word itself does not matter, and none of your explanations are relevant.
      - kortilla 1y ago
        That word doesn’t make any sense in this context. Stop digging this hole further FFS.
        alganet 1y ago
        It makes complete sense, it means "promotion" in that phrase. If you are going to disagree, please elaborate.
        kortilla 1y ago
        No, nobody ever says “I’m going to higher you” as a way to indicate they are promoting you. Not in the military, not in non-profits, not in the government, and not in any private or public business in the US. “Higher” is a homophone with “hire” and “hire” already has a critical role in reference to career management. At this point I can only assume you haven’t worked somewhere where English is the spoken language.
        alganet 1y ago
        > No, nobody ever says “I’m going to higher you” People say they want to move up the corporate ladder, which implies higher, and brings a visual analogy to the phrase that is compatible with what I said. There is no adverbial expression using the radical "up". The adverbiality must come from "high". > “Higher” is a homophone with “hire” and “hire” This phrase doesn't make sense. > At this point I can only assume you haven’t worked somewhere where English is the spoken language. What you assume doesnt't matter. Where I worked or not doesn't matter.
        kortilla 1y ago
        > This phrase doesn't make sense Because English is clearly not a language you have a day to day grasp on. Read the rest of the sentence. You weren’t able to correctly split a compound sentence.
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