Food for thought...

[BooMerengue]

"Thomas Jefferson's Declaration of Independence, published 229 years ago Monday, ... in standard, government-worker bureaucrat-speak, would be 10 times as long, one-tenth as comprehensive, and would have lacked all inspiration," (Senator John) Kerrey said, speaking as Chairman of the National Commission on Writing.


Any thoughts, anyone?

Here- read for yourself.

 

[dr_mabeuse]

Try and get a piece of creative expression past your boss these days.

Jefferson didn't have to submit his writing to a guy who was going to review his performance in six months.

--Zoot

 

[Liar]

Nor did he have to please the pollers and the evening news.

 

[BooMerengue]

Try and get a piece of creative expression past your boss these days.

Jefferson didn't have to submit his writing to a guy who was going to review his performance in six months.

--Zoot

Hiya Dear Zoot! How are you?

I probably agree with you, but... lol

I was once a Geotechnical Inspector (concrete strength, ground compaction, sand cone density tests, etc.) for a large firm in the DC area. We had to write very detailed reports, and in fact had to take a writing test to get hired. I got very bored one day and wrote my report my way. ie: The concrete was harder than my last BF's hard on, the ground was so goddammed frozen I got everyone to pee on it so I could dig the requisite hole, etc. A whole page! Which I duly submitted, complete with all the pertinent facts I needed to include.

He framed it and hung it on his office wall with a note to all employees to the effect that he had to read so many ill written reports in such bad handwriting that he was giving me a raise effective immediately for finally making his day a little better!

And I DID get the raise! But I never did it again. And I admit- he was an exceptional boss.

 

[CharleyH]

Wish I could answer on this Boo Merange, but not being American ... COLLY MIGHT.

 

[rgraham666]

Modern language, especially in the expert fields, is not designed to communicate. Just the opposite. It's designed to obfuscate.

In this way, the experts can never be challenged. Since the public at large cannot understand what the experts are on about, the experts can do what they wish.

 

[BooMerengue]

Wish I could answer on this Boo Merange, but not being American ... COLLY MIGHT.

Who cares if you're not a Merican- you write in English, right?

 

[CharleyH]

Who cares if you're not a Merican- you write in English, right?

I write Kunadienne, ay. Like, is it the same?

 

[BooMerengue]

I write Kunadienne, ay. Like, is it the same?

It looks like you only write in the feminine... is that right?

 

[CharleyH]

I was really going to post something sarcastic after reading that, but it would probably go over most US heads.

Ooops!

teasing, of course. :|

 

[BooMerengue]

I was really going to post something sarcastic after reading that, but it would probably go over most US heads.

Ooops!

teasing, of course. :|

*sticking my head way, way up... go ahead! do it!

 

[Colleen Thomas]

"Thomas Jefferson's Declaration of Independence, published 229 years ago Monday, ... in standard, government-worker bureaucrat-speak, would be 10 times as long, one-tenth as comprehensive, and would have lacked all inspiration," (Senator John) Kerrey said, speaking as Chairman of the National Commission on Writing.


Any thoughts, anyone?

Here- read for yourself.

It's not the brevity. It's not th einspiration. It's the clarity that would be an insult to todays politicians. You can understand what jefferson was saying without one of them interpreting for you and that, is a capital offense to thoose who make a living making things incomprehensible to us, so we will alway sneed them to explain it. Job security by deliberate over complication of even the simplest of things. Also known as American Civics