tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4548876612883438064.post5411736902008900465..comments2024-03-27T14:30:02.502-06:00Comments on Wanderlust and Words: Weasel Words and Corporate SpeakPenny McKinlayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17620842396202483336noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4548876612883438064.post-35908671508083097702010-01-15T03:03:39.043-06:002010-01-15T03:03:39.043-06:00The answer in England is the use of 'childpeak...The answer in England is the use of 'childpeak'. The Bank does not put a heading 'Credits'. It writes 'What we are paying you and why'. I suppose it has its advantages. <br /><br />On cars and buses, why can I read my newspaper on the bus but not in my car? Why can't I have a guidance system on motorways (freeways) so that I can't get into a multi-car shunt while I use my phone?<br /><br />Now 'multi-car shunt' is a splendid piece of useful jargon. It describes a phenomenon unknown to earlier generations. <br /><br />On corporate speak I quote Milton in Paradise Lost:<br /><br />Paradise Lost, Book III, line 681:<br /><br />So spake the false dissembler unperceived,<br />For neither man nor angel can discern<br />Hypocrisy, the only evil that walks<br />Invisible, except to God alone,<br />By his permissive will, through heaven and earth;<br /><br /><br />JABJohn B.https://www.blogger.com/profile/15164975589117097310noreply@blogger.com