There’s been some recent discussion on a linguist mailing list about how to fill out an eTax form. Specifically, which profession to choose from the drop-down menu. One individual has written: Year after year I am annoyed by the fact that I don’t know what a linguist is to make of the drop-down menu in [...]
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Spend = Earn
Ingrid Piller writes: Corporate double-speak is plummeting to ever lower depths and is insinuating itself into every aspect of our lives. Many see through this sustained assault on our collective intelligence, no doubt. Mike Carlton, for instance, nicely picked apart a corporate message that Qantas sent around to all their frequent flyers recently in the Sydney Morning Herald. [...]
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