The "lighten up" comment was simply an " I made a grammatical error, big
deal." It was more of an "Oh boy, do I have to worry that if my English
isn't 100% on point I'm going to get bashed on list?"  It was in no way
meant to be a dismissive putdown to Dr. Johnson. I hope he did not take it
that way. If so, Dr. Johnson, my apologies...

Tammy Espaillat

On 12/4/02 10:54 PM, "David E. Haberstich" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> << Dr. Johnson..Lighten up... >
>
> Occasionally I've written a serious memo, then for my trouble received a note
> telling me to "lighten up": I find it a facile, dismissive, and annoying
> (albeit effective) putdown.  But an injunction to "lighten up" after one has
> tried to make a joke seems...well, odd.
>
> But maybe that's just me... :-)
>
> David Haberstich
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