Explosion?
That was the noise I heard once in WW2 when in the fog of war my platoon
was bombarded simultaneously by German and British artillery. (Rather
noisier than journalist Debby's being bombarded by press releases).
We live in an age of shouting, electronic, print and voice, so to be heard
some have to shout more loudly. So language is inflated, hotted up:
'affected' becomes 'impacted', a generalised intention plan becomes a
'strategy', a minor ploy is 'new and innovative'.
As LIS workers our main raw material is still words for which we have a
more than usual concern. So like Phil we should take a dim view of verbal
inflation, never be guilty of it ourselves, and generally take the p*ss
out of it.
And excise it from any copy of which we have the editorial last word.
'Nuff said.
Edward Dudley
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I don't agree with Phil and I think he is over reacting.
However being a journalist I am probably more used to being bombarded
with press releases of all types and techniques.
Debby Raven
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