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Misused English words and expressions in EU publications [0] > Over the years, the European institutions have developed a vocabulary that differs from that of
by secondcoming 5y ago
Misused English words and expressions in EU publications [0]
> Over the years, the European institutions have developed a vocabulary that differs from that of any recognised form of English. It includes words that do not exist or are relatively unknown to native English speakers outside the EU institutions and often even to standard spellcheckers/grammar checkers (‘planification’, ‘to precise’ or ‘telematics’ for example) and words that are used with a meaning, often derived from other languages, that is not usually found in English dictionaries (‘coherent’ being a case in point).
[0] https://www.eca.europa.eu/Other%20publications/EN_TERMINOLOGY_PUBLICATION/EN_TERMINOLOGY_PUBLICATION.pdf https://www.eca.europa.eu/Other%20publications/EN_TERMINOLOG...
- robocat 5y agoInteresting - similar to many institutions of course. Bovine, Ovine, Caprine, Porcine and Asinine animals Comitology, Decommitted, Negative evolution Unfortunately the list seems to concentrate on British English usage - for example “Hierarchical superior” makes perfect sense to me. There are some very surprising examples of EU English where I would read the exact opposite meaning (however New Zealand English is my mother tongue, so perhaps that is my own bias). And after brexit, what use does the EU have for English anyway?
- frosted-flakes 5y agoIt's a lingua franca.
- nickkell 5y agoIreland is still a member state. Plus, they'd have to decide on another common language. Would they rather it be German?