Re: CHAT Starbucks (was: Hymn to Ikea etc.)

Andreas Johansson scripsit:

> > In the US, "engaged" is almost never used except to mean "in the state
> > between proposal and marriage"
>
> It's not used in the military sense? "To engage the enemy", that sort of thing?
It's fine to say that our troops engaged the enemy this morning, but to
say that the enemy was engaged yesterday is odd, if not downright risible.

--
John Cowan                                   jcowan@reutershealth.com
        "You need a change: try Canada"  "You need a change: try China"
                --fortune cookies opened by a couple that I know