Administrative/Regulatory
Dec. 6, 2005
In a Word, Language Can Sail Out of Bounds
"Sounds like!" I said. Screamed, really. That's what I said, but what I did was - scream. Maybe shriek is what I did. Whatever. (Strike "whatever.") So I shrieked - no, I think "shouted" is better. I shouted, "parameter is not the same as perimeter!"
2nd Appellate District, Division 6
Arthur Gilbert
Presiding Justice 2nd District Court of Appeal, Division 6
UC Berkeley School of Law, 1963
Arthur's previous columns are available on gilbertsubmits.blogspot.com.
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"Sounds like!" I said. Screamed, really. That's what I said, but what I did was - scream. Maybe shriek is what I did. Whatever. (Strike "whatever.") So I shrieked - no, I think "shouted" is better. I shouted, "parameter is not the same as perimeter!"
They pulled my hands off the neck of the research attorney who had written, "Within the parameters of our standard of review." Luckily she didn't fight back. I hate words...
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