Deadlines

At DMI's prop shop, we have daily writing assignments. Going off of the 'practice makes perfect' mentality, we participate in a series of assignments that often involve prizes! Today's assignment allowed us to be a little more creative.

Our assignment was to follow the classic poem Jabberwocky by Lewis Carroll. We had to change 90% of the words, using a technical and/or management theme. I didn't follow the assignment exactly, but you have to give me credit for what I did come up with!

DEADLINES

‘Twas a sunny, bright day at DMI

And were this just a normal day: Moving steadily through eBuy

The unexpected change from bright to gray

Beware the deadlines, my dear!

The midnight oil burning, hard work only heaven knows

Beware the looming length, and do not fear

The ultimate wait from technical pros

I took my smiles and wit about

Confident to defeat this foe I sought

To complete on time, I could not doubt

“We will defeat this deadline” I heartily thought

I did not lack the poise to fight

The Deadline looming overhead

Came creeping up that endless night

Were it not for my team, I would have fled

Burst, Draft, Edit, Review! And through and through

Could we make it work in time?

And to printing, we went sprinting

Defeating our foe! Oh how sublime!

And hast thou defeated the Deadline?

From the executives we did hear

Horrah and horray says I! Way to go Team DMI!

And all who lived gave one big cheer

‘Twas a sunny, bright day at DMI

And were this just a normal day: Moving steadily through eBuy

The unexpected change from bright to gray

Difference between inquiry and enquiry

I applied to a job today and received a message that said "Thank you for your enquiry...." I was confused since I applied to another job the other day with a similar message, but different spellings of the word 'inquiry.' So, I did a little research, meaning, I asked google...cause who doesn't? And here is what I found taken from the site DifferenceBetween.net:

"These days, the two terms are often used interchangeably. However, there is a difference between the two. Enquiry means to ask a question, and inquiry is a formal investigation. Yet another difference lies in the etymological source of the prefixes ‘en’ and ‘in’. ‘En’ comes from French, and ‘in’ from Latin. Inquiry has a formal and official ring to it, while enquiry is informal in its connotation.

In general parlance, it is understood that enquire is to be used for ‘asking’, while inquire is what constitutes ‘making a formal investigation’. In reality though, enquiry is preferred in British English, whereas the Americans are more comfortable with inquiry. As a matter of fact, it is only in British English that any attention is paid to the distinction. In US and Australian English, inquiry has, for all practical purposes, taken over."

As a side note, I did notice that Word and also my Blog spell check do not recognize 'enquiry' as being spelled correctly.