Quote Originally Posted by Randy Brown View Post
...To expand on your point, then: I guess it pays off not only to recognize What the Other Guy Means by Using a Given Word, but to continually calibrate on What Your Troops Mean by Assimilating Some of the Local Terms.
most of 'em, anyway -- but they sometimes don't think it through. S'okay, 19 year olds aren't supposed to do that; that's what those 25 year old SSGs are supposed to be doing and gently educating the kids to think a bit. Emphasis on 'gently' because harsh foolishness doesn't educate...