Re: cometh?

[csmall@eye-net.com.au (Craig Small)]

On Mon, Dec 03, 2001 at 11:27:02AM -0500, James A. Treacy wrote:
> Woody is on it way
> Woody approaches
> Woody is just around the corner
> Woody to be released soon
> 
> Even though 'soon' is not well defined, native speakers would only
> use the last one if the release was going to be in the next few days.

Or Real Soon Now (RSN).  For those of you who have not heard this term
before, it means that someone has said it will be ready in the near
future but the speaker does not believe it.  Probably not appropriate
for the website, though it is true :)

http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/jargon/html/entry/Real-Soon-Now.html

  - Craig
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