It is interesting to note the differences in language people use in order to downplay or be polite about certain things. One of the things we do at work here is enforce code reviews. You can't check your code in to be used unless at least two people have reviewed it for functional and logical errors as well as adherence to design.
I did one of these yesterday for a contractor we have. I found half a dozen problems from memory leaks to double free of memory to downright functional errors so I marked them as defects. I got an instant message this morning after this thanking me for my "suggestions". They weren't suggestions in the slightest sense dude, they are things you must fix before this code can go anywhere near a real live environment.
Another favourite of mine is if people have "doubts". As in "I have a doubt". What they really mean is they have a question and they don't want to look stupid asking it. If they phrase it like that they come off as thinking about something and not looking like they have no idea what they talk about, at least that is what they think. It is a really strange thing to say IMHO.
Anyway, just a couple of the strange ways people use language in my work.
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