Just speak and get things moving!

English translation: Just say the word!

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English term or phrase:Just speak and get things moving!
Selected answer:Just say the word!
Entered by: Mikhail Kropotov

12:21 Jun 2, 2004
English language (monolingual) [PRO]
Advertising / Public Relations / slogans
English term or phrase: Just speak and get things moving!
I've coined this as a slogan for my company.

What do you think about when you hear this slogan? What sort of associations or allusions come to mind? Does it sound smooth or just phoney?

Thanks a lot!
Mikhail Kropotov
Germany
Local time: 00:02
my impression...
Explanation:
First of all, since there is a no politics, no religion policy on the site, I will not go into detail for my very first impression because it does have a spiritual connotation.
Secon impression, when I hear the command "speak", I always think of my pet dog who wouldrespond to "speak" and be rewarded with a dog biscuit. I would use something along the lines of 'one word gets things moving!' or, 'just say the word and get things moving' ...

It gives the impression of simplicity (it's so easy just to say a word) and of power (Wow! one word will get things going, everyone obeys!).

I'd also like to know what kind of company this is for. Interesting.

The confidence level reflects my personal impressions (I'm sure of them.)

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Note added at 23 mins (2004-06-02 12:44:48 GMT)
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Thirdly, please excuse my typing errors, the keyboard is acting up again. (Maybe I need a speech recognition software!)
Also, now that I\'ve seen the context, I think that using \"word\" would definitely be something to work with, Vixen agrees with that, I see. However, you would really have to check on copyrights, of course.
Selected response from:

Gayle Wallimann
Local time: 00:02
Grading comment
Thank you.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



SUMMARY OF ALL EXPLANATIONS PROVIDED
5 +7my impression...
Gayle Wallimann
4 +2Negative connotation
vixen
5 +1may be another take ...
Craft.Content
5sounds rather bossy and pushy to me.
Julia Gal
3 +1don't stop! converse! and get things moving!
sergey (X)


Discussion entries: 8





  

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18 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +7
just speak and get things moving!
my impression...


Explanation:
First of all, since there is a no politics, no religion policy on the site, I will not go into detail for my very first impression because it does have a spiritual connotation.
Secon impression, when I hear the command "speak", I always think of my pet dog who wouldrespond to "speak" and be rewarded with a dog biscuit. I would use something along the lines of 'one word gets things moving!' or, 'just say the word and get things moving' ...

It gives the impression of simplicity (it's so easy just to say a word) and of power (Wow! one word will get things going, everyone obeys!).

I'd also like to know what kind of company this is for. Interesting.

The confidence level reflects my personal impressions (I'm sure of them.)

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Note added at 23 mins (2004-06-02 12:44:48 GMT)
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Thirdly, please excuse my typing errors, the keyboard is acting up again. (Maybe I need a speech recognition software!)
Also, now that I\'ve seen the context, I think that using \"word\" would definitely be something to work with, Vixen agrees with that, I see. However, you would really have to check on copyrights, of course.

Gayle Wallimann
Local time: 00:02
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 12
Grading comment
Thank you.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Vicky Papaprodromou
1 min
  -> Thanks, Vicky.

agree  Alexander Demyanov
15 mins
  -> Thanks.

agree  Craft.Content
31 mins
  -> Thanks.

agree  IrinaGM
48 mins
  -> Thanks.

agree  Rajan Chopra
52 mins

agree  Olliespost: The squeaky wheel gets the grease.
1 hr

agree  Alfa Trans (X)
1 hr
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15 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
just speak and get things moving!
Negative connotation


Explanation:
Personally, the phrase does not strike me as sth. positive. I would interpret the slogan as follows: Just say what you have to say, so that we can get on with our business.

I'm sure, though, that this is not what you were trying to express :-)

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Note added at 17 mins (2004-06-02 12:39:30 GMT)
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Perhaps you could substitute \"Just say\" with \"(Just) say the word\"

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Note added at 29 mins (2004-06-02 12:50:48 GMT)
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\"Just say the word and get things moving\" might be appropriate for your business.

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Note added at 1 hr 13 mins (2004-06-02 13:34:47 GMT)
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\"Say the word to get things moving\" might be another alternative.

vixen
Greece
Local time: 01:02
Native speaker of: Dutch

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  nothing: Say the word... would be much better, specially if it really recognises it. (Bad personal experiences with speech recognition software)
1 hr
  -> Thanks. I cannot vouch for the quality of the product. ;-)

agree  ggrozoma: How about Just say the word: we'll do the rest. Or Just speak to us... We'll do the rest.
8 hrs
  -> I think the asker wants to stress the fact that the product is about navigation systems for cars; hence the 'moving' part.
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
just speak and get things moving!
sounds rather bossy and pushy to me.


Explanation:
Without wishing to be too critical, this doesn't strike me as being very incitive to buy/order/shop from your company.

"Just speak" sounds like "hurry up and say what you have to say" and "get things moving" sounds like "get a move on, we haven't got time to lose"...

I do like Gayle's suggestion of "Just say the word", as this IMO gets across the message you really intended. You don't need to add "to get things moving", as that is really implicit in the idiom "just say the word".

Again, check copyrights etc. before using it, as something that good has a fair chance of being taken :-P

Good luck!

Julia Gal
Local time: 00:02
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in FrenchFrench
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +1
just speak and get things moving!
may be another take ...


Explanation:
Just say the word - and get the result !

Craft.Content
Local time: 03:32
Native speaker of: Native in HindiHindi

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  John Bowden: or ...and get results
1 hr
  -> Yes, that sounds better. Thanks :-)
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7 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
just speak and get things moving!
don't stop! converse! and get things moving!


Explanation:
converse with your computer while for example you have experienced a sudden need to file your nails (but it could be anything of course), so you can do both at the same time with your software and get things done.

i think converse is more engaging

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Note added at 7 hrs 47 mins (2004-06-02 20:09:07 GMT)
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just speak and get things moving - could be said to a POW - just speak and we won\'t keep you here any longer, we don\'t feel like being stuck here with you either.

sergey (X)
Local time: 23:02

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  trautlady
23 hrs
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