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When are we going to wake up and realise that speaking in plain, simple, understandable English does not make us look stupid and simple. In my experience, this
by geoka9 14y ago
When are we going to wake up and realise that speaking in plain, simple, understandable English does not make us look stupid and simple.
In my experience, this kind of speak is not about sounding sophisticated, it's usually about saying nothing while coming across as sophisticated. I see this from business folks all the time; you rarely see it from technical people, but when you do, it's very annoying.
- pnathan 14y agoMy theory is that this language style is pretty much a business-person jargon that focuses on (1) politeness and (2) non-specific actions. I've caught myself thinking it when I think about business concepts.