It's personnel not personal

[onpatrol98]

I know nothing of the validity of the site that clarified this announcement...I found it while trying to find out about the announcement.

http://www.mediaite.com/tv/breakingnews-sparks-confusion-on-twitter-with-obama-making-%E2%80%98personal-vs-personnel%E2%80%99-announcement-typo/

[Poll_Blind]

1. I still say it's prostate-related, either way.

:shrug:

PB

[CakeGrrl]

3. Srsly? The link confirms that it's about the Consumer Protection Bureau nomination. -nt

[Poll_Blind]

4. I've played Six Degrees of Prostate Trouble before.

PB

[Electric Monk]

2. Paging MineralMan for an authorative statement on the subject

:rofl:

[MineralMan]

8. Hi, there.

Someone made a spelling error. It happens. Everyone does it, so it's not news. That's my statement.

Thanks for mentioning my screen name.

[Sal Minella]

5. Cute the way the news site headline makes it look like Obama's

error:
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@BreakingNews Sparks Confusion On Twitter With Obama Making ‘Personal’ vs. ‘Personnel’ Announcement Typo
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when it was NBC news that made the error. Ticks me off.

Since MM hasn't showed up yet (I suppose he's in the phone booth changing clothes) I'll pinch-hit for the moment:

Personnel is a noun meaning "people" or "staff" -- a group of people.

Personal is an adjective modifying something else -- personal hygiene, personal correspondence, personal time.

Now if we can get the singular/plural confusion over woman/women straightened out . . .

[Lint Head]

6. Maybe it's Person L as in Linda. Or, or the twelfth person in the alphabet.

[ashling]

7. Don't take it personnelly.

:rofl: