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few years back to make documents clear and concise language wise...I don't think it got to speech somehow lol...

what do you make of

" The ( road number) is the growth nodule of our geography"

maybe it's me lol...

LOL

there was a guy that grew green nodules after a visit to a house of ill repute, on visiting a doctor, the doctor laughed and said .......you know how boxers get cauliflower ears?

yes says the bloke..........

well says the doc.........youve got brothel sprouts!!

Here you go, RR:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plain_English


I like to think of it as "common sense".

When a municipal council sends out a leaflet telling people when to put their garbage out for collection, for instance (and this is a real example from the real leaflet I have!), what idiot would even think of saying not to do it "prior to 7 a.m." rather than "before 7.am."??

Okay, that sentence was too complex to meet plain English standards, I imagine, but you know what I mean ... ;)

How is this for an email.

I think it's a good idea for us to open dialogue. Do you have a window next week so we can connect and throw around a few ideas?

Sue

Something to do with gobbledegook lol

"If only everyone talked the way we do in my household. I mean ...if only everyone ...like .... talked ... you know ... the way we do ... right? It would be so much ... like ... easier ... you know ... to understand ... right?"

(Robert Nordell).

Lol Dermot:-)

Karen - the email came from someone who is not as young and trendy as he thinks he is and actually makes a bit of a fool of himself:-))

Sue

it's the use of "absoutely" that really bugs me - people say it instead of "yes" - why?

oh - and could "of" instead of could "have"

and "aksed" instead of "asked" - what's that all about?

Ann o' GG -- that's spread? I swear it started wtih CNN, the worst practitioner of "absolutely" for "yes". Including in situations where it makes absolutely no sense. ;)

I have to say, this board is the worst place I have ever seen for "could of" and "would of". It seems that Brits of a certain age are way worse than, say, USAmericans much younger, for that.

It certainly hasn't got to speech yet, not if my management refresher forum was anything to go by.

We were encouraged to use blue sky thinking right across the piece to come up with concepts to incentivise the workforce to create a better experience for stakeholders.

I'm still trying to work out whether I am thinking inside or outside this damn box !

well I had to google "incentivise" and this is what it said -

"Incentivize 127 up, 27 down
buy incentivize mugs, tshirts and magnetsA corporate-jargon non-word meaning "motivate," coined in 1968. Some 10 years later, it was shortened to the equally annoying verb "incent." Unfortunately, both are recognized by both Merriam-Webster and the OED.

The only respectable form of the word is the noun "incentive."
I would like to motivate him to never say "incentivize" again by telling him I will rip his windpipe out of his throat the next time I hear him say it.

I hope everyone who says "incentivize" in earnest knows they come across as a jargon-spewing ahole".


Please note these are NOT my words!!! and I have no desire to cause offence - it's just that having been a secretary for all my working life I had never heard of the word before!!!

LOL

In the world of management oneupmanship they are using lots of words that you wouldn't think possible Ann.

seems like it Robin!!!!

The trouble is Ann, if non-words like that are recognized by the OED then what right do traditional mortals like you and I have to condemn it's usage ?

... to condemn ... what, Robin???

Janey, I am pleased you said that.Would of and should of instead of would have and should have is one thing that grates with me on here.

My apologies.

I trust that you will forgive my long and tortuous upbringing from the gutter.