Today in my project meeting, instead of talking of upcoming work, we had a little party for one of my co-workers who's having a baby on Friday. She knows it's a boy, but they have yet to pick a name. So we spent the hour throwing out names trying to find one. My boss found this cool website that tracks the top 1000 popular names over the decades and then displays it in blue and pink graphs. Needless to say, the data geeks that flourish in my line of work were more than excited about the graphs... I was too. Check it out.
Definition
- [es-pree de less-ka/-iay] (idiom) A witty remark that occurs to you too late, literally on the way down the stairs. The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations defines esprit de l'escalier as, "An untranslatable phrase, the meaning of which is that one only thinks on one's way downstairs of the smart retort one might have made in the drawing room."
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Fantastic link to babyname wizard Claire! I pointed the ladies at the hospital to this website and they were enthralled for hours. Much appreciated. P.S My first trip ever to a blog and I don't think there are many that will top yours! Very well done!
Posted by: Rich | August 30, 2005 at 11:18 PM