Remember in George Orwell’s "1984" how Big Brother banned certain words from use? Well in a strange twist British bureaucrats have been warned to “lay off buzz words”. A list of 100 “non-words” were circulated. But unlike the Orwellian tale where the words are banned because of their potential to make people think—and entice rebellion—these “non-words”, often used at the level of local government, are banned because they confuse people.
Looking at the list I’ve come to the conclusion that the words were not chosen really too confuse, but rather to impress. They want to make it sound that what they are doing is more important than it really is.
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That's SO relevant! Especially in SA as well!
The worst aspect is - as an auditor, I have to read a lot of government documents.
OH. MY. WORD.
Not only are these documents filled with large over-pompous words used incorrectly, but the spelling is atrocious too!
It's painful.
But, as you said, it's an exercise in trying to inflate their self-importance, and make 'em look smarter than they are.
In the end, I think it's a waste of time and money. Ink, paper. People in general just need to say what they mean and mean what they say.
So much hardship in this world could be avoided if those rules were just followed.
Thanks for stopping by at my blog. I've always wondered if anybody actually reads any of it. You have some interesting posts here as well. I can see why my blog resonates with you as we seem to think alike on many issues. I haven't written as much politically charged posts recently as the majority of the political world disgusts me at the moment. Are you in Sweden?
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