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For anyone that didn't read the article but reads this: it's only in Alberta and it's tabled legislation. Hasn't passed yet.
by taysix 3y ago
For anyone that didn't read the article but reads this: it's only in Alberta and it's tabled legislation. Hasn't passed yet.
- fl7305 3y ago> it's tabled legislation Is it "tabled" as in "stick in a drawer and forget about it", or "tabled" as in "next on the agenda"?
- hluska 3y agoBill 7 received royal assent in November but Apega has launched an appeal on a ruling by a court.
- _6ywn 3y agoThe definition of tabled used is "next on the agenda" (aka definition 1b instead of 1a for the verb at Merriam Webster [1]). Generally, articles about Canada, the United Kingdom, and other Commonwealth countries use the 1b definition, whereas articles about the United States typically use the 1a definition. I can't recall any article about Canadian news in particular, which uses the 1a definition for "tabled." [1] https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/table https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/table
- fl7305 3y agoThanks. I know the difference between the UK and the US, but wasn't sure about Canada, and above all where the person writing it was from.
- kmanraj 3y agoCanada uses the verb "to table" to mean to place on the agenda, which is the opposite of how it's used in the US, where it means to remove from consideration indefinitely.
- fl7305 3y agoImagine meetings during WW2 with American and British generals, where the Americans proposed an urgent plan, and to which the British enthusiastically responded "Let's table that immediately!"
- camkego 3y agoNow that is funny.
- _6ywn 3y agoInterestingly, the UK/US language divide directly led to consequences in the Korean War. When a British general understated the severity of conditions faced by UK troops, an American general took the words at face value and did not provide reinforcements or told him to withdraw. That led to a last stand, where only a tiny fraction of British troops were able to escape. From The Guardian [1]: "[W]hen the British brigadier reported the position to his American superior in the United Nations joint command, he did so with classic and — as it turned out — lethal British understatement. ""Things are a bit sticky, sir," Brig Tom Brodie of the Gloucestershire Regiment told General Robert H Soule, intending to convey that they were in extreme difficulty. "But Gen Soule understood this to mean "We're having a bit of rough and tumble but we're holding the line". Oh good, the general decided, no need to reinforce or withdraw them, not yet anyway. [...] "The programme says: "Any hopes of relief were dashed by an American misunderstanding of British understatement."" [1] https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2001/apr/14/johnezard https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2001/apr/14/johnezard
- BrandoElFollito 3y agoAs a non native speaker of English, I have a hard time putting an equal sign between "Things are a bit sticky" and "[we are] in extreme difficulty" Are these sentences really similar to a British English speaker? To me the first one means "we have some minor issues" if talked literally, or "we have bigger issues but I decided to add a layer of nonchalance so that you miss the point"
- sanj 3y agoBritish Columbia, not Alberta. You can’t call yourself Alberta unless your a registered Alberta.
- taysix 3y agoYes, the article is talking about stuff that happened in BC. The last paragraph references legislation in Alberta. Link from last paragraph in the article: https://engineerscanada.ca/news-and-events/news/alberta-government-proposes-expansion-to-software-engineer-title https://engineerscanada.ca/news-and-events/news/alberta-gove...