Yes! This annoyed me for so long, and I only recently learned that it happens (in part) because non-technical writing strongly encourages so-called “elegant var

Yes! This annoyed me for so long, and I only recently learned that it happens (in part) because non-technical writing strongly encourages so-called “elegant variation”[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elegant_variation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elegant_variation Unfortunately, elegant variation spills over into “non-technical” cases were technical precision is still important, and that becomes a problem — like if you’re whether you’re supposed to know that the Pope is the same as the Bishop of Rome. [1] Great quote from the article about the absurdities that the practice introduces: >>A humorist imagined writing a news article about Gaston Defferre: "It's OK to say Defferre once, but not twice. So next you say the Mayor of Marseille. Then, the Minister of Planning. Then, the husband of Edmonde. Then, Gaston. Then, Gastounet and then ... · Well, then you stop talking about him because you don't know what to call him next."