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LGA banned words: full list
Here is the full list of 200 words which, the Local Government Association says should not be used by councils:
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Published: 2009/03/18 10:19:38 GMT

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BBC NEWS LGA banned words: full list Here is the full list of 200 words which, the Local Government Association says should not be used by councils: Story from BBC http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/1/hi/uk politics/7949077.stm Published: 2009/03/18 10:19:38 GMT

I'm very much anti-jargon, but there are quite a few with which I cannot really see a problem, especially if they are used in the right context.
Ian
I'm very much anti-jargon, but there are quite a few with which I cannot really see a problem, especially if they are used in the right context.

I agree.

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BBC NEWS LGA banned words: full list Here is the ... Story from BBC http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/1/hi/uk politics/7949077.stm Published: 2009/03/18 10:19:38 GMT

I'm very much anti-jargon, but there are quite a few with which I cannot really see a problem, especially if they are used in the right context.

The article is a bit misleading, as the relevant LGA press release doesn't say they "should not be used" full stop; it's that these are words and phrases that "public sector bodies should avoid when talking to people about the work they do and the services they provide".
I take that to mean "keep jargon inside the office", which is a slightly different thing.

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On 18 Mar 2009, Ian Jackson wrote

The article is a bit misleading, as the relevant LGA press release doesn't say they "should not be used" full ... the services they provide". I take that to mean "keep jargon inside the office", which is a slightly different thing.

I would agree with you even more if you were to add "and keep to a minimum".

Ian
HVS wrote on Wed, 18 Mar 2009 13:29:30 GMT:
The article is a bit misleading, as the relevant LGA press release doesn't say they "should not be used" full ... the services they provide". I take that to mean "keep jargon inside the office", which is a slightly different thing.

On the face of it, the condemnation of a word like "ambassador" seemed inexplicable but, in the context of job description, I would agree that the use indicates a sense of self-importance. Several others seem clumsy, unnecessary coinages and some; harmless cliches.

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I'm very much anti-jargon, but there are quite a few with which I cannot really see a problem, especially if they are used in the right context.

Many times during my years at IBM I heard talks by corporate and local management and came away from those talks with almost no idea what they were talking about. They persisted in using their jargon in talking to the entire company and, for some strange reason, expected us to understand it. I came away from those talks wondering if they had any idea what they were talking about and why they had taken a lot of company time to not communicate with us.
How much better it would have been if they had paid attention to the admonition "know your audience" and had used standard English in speaking to us or had just not have taken their time and ours.

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I'm very much anti-jargon, but there are quite a few ... problem, especially if they are used in the right context.

Many times during my years at IBM I heard talks by corporate and local management and came away from those ... audience" and had used standard English in speaking to us or had just not have taken their time and ours.

Glad to see the list, since one of the words is one I have heard a lot lately (just this morning I heard it again) and that is "tranche" (on CNBC). I see that it is legitimately used in discussions of finances and allocations of funds, but I think it is going to be the word of the year! I doubt, though, that it will have the popularity and staying power of "charisma", which, after about a ten-year reign, has apparently disappeared.
I'm very much anti-jargon, but there are quite a few ... problem, especially if they are used in the right context.

Many times during my years at IBM I heard talks by corporate and local management and came away from those ... audience" and had used standard English in speaking to us or had just not have taken their time and ours.

This wasn't a case of "Dr. Fox Effect" was it? But you were one of the few smart enough to realize that the presenter was a fraud?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dr Fox effect
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