Friday, 21 February 2014

Irregular verbs

Did you ever watch "Yes Minister" or "Yes, Prime Minister"?

If so, you may remember a particularly nice concept of the "irregular verb". The only example I can remember is:

I give confidential briefings; 
You leak;
S/he's been charged under Section 3 of the Official Secrets Act. 

It's all about perspective.

I have an infosec version- not based upon a particular incident, just my musings upon academic culture and the probable changes to data protection laws in the EU:

I have academic freedom;
You are irresponsible;
The University has been fined 5% of its annual turnover for breaching the General Data Protection Regulation.

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