Language and Occupation - Articles + Links
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2009/nov/30/politicians-bad-language-jargonLanguage and Occupation - Links
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-14653080 - 'Solutionising' business jargon
Gillian Sharpe - BBC Scotland News - 26 August 2011
How business/corporate jargon is undermining business and making it hard to understand. Some people believe that it makes business seem more humourous and amusing than it actually is or that it confuses newcomers as they cannot understand it.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/643416.stm - Jargon 'baffles' office workers
Tuesday, 15 February 2000 - BBC News
"Jargon can be used to exclude and confuse others, as well as mask inexperience and lack of expertise." Paul Jacobs, Office Angels
A negative, opinion article that criticises jargon and how people use it to exclude or confuse workers.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/7457287.stm - 50 office-speak phrases you love to hate
Monday, 16 June 2008 - BBC News Magazine
An article that uses oxymoron and juxtapositions to list 50 jargon phrases that people hate but don't object to the use of because they are entertaining and unique.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/10288967/My-shameful-secret-Ive-learnt-to-love-cliched-journalese.html - My 'shameful secret’: I’ve learnt to love clichéd journalese
Rob Hutton - 05 Sep 2013 - The Telegraph
"Where is everyone in a lab coat a “boffin”? Where is “bubbly” either “guzzled” or “glugged”? Where do “drunken yobs” go on “booze-fuelled rampages”? You know the answer: in Britain’s newspapers."
An article that explores the language journalists use to entertain and engage their readers even if a story is not actually worth reading it. The author really likes this use of language and lists their favourites with humourous explanations.
http://www.economist.com/blogs/johnson/2012/04/journalese - A strange English dialect -
A foreigner makes clear to our correspondent how hard it is to read English journalism, as opposed to plain English
Johnson - Apr 3rd 2012 - The Economist
A story about journalese (newspaper talk) and how an English-speaking foreigner is unable to understand it. Journalese requires you to abandon basic grammar and punctuation rules and requires the writer to be overly-dramatic and emotive about their story. But the people who do use it feel a sense of inclusion and satisfaction from it, hence why the English use it.
http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/once-thriving-language-of-the-pits-being-revived-in-yorkshire-coal-mining-exhibition-1-7724590 - Once thriving language of the pits being revived in Yorkshire coal mining exhibition
Jonathon Brown - Wednesday 10 February 2016 - The Yorkshire Post
The closure of a mine and all the employees leaving lead to the death of 'coal-mining speak' and hundreds of phrases used only by miners. However, an exhibition has opened displaying these words to try and revive the language and let other people see it. This created a sense of sadness and nostalgia for the visitors.
http://www.motherjones.com/media/2015/04/what-doctors-are-really-saying-about-you - Here Is the Secret Jargon Doctors Use to Talk Trash About You to Your Face
Samantha Michaels - APR. 13, 2015 - MotherJones
An explanation for the phrases doctors use when referring to patients or each other, some of which are insulting and rude. However, the article does not seem to criticise this; instead the writer sympathises with the hard-working doctors who sometimes need to get things off their chests.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/3159813.stm - Doctor slang is a dying art
Monday, 18 August 2003
This articles explains how, because of an increase of legal cases, doctors have stopped using slang abbreviations in their notes so they don't have to explain their insults in court. A doctor describes it as a form of language and is sad to see it go but is glad doctors are now more respectful of their patients.
https://www.theguardian.com/teacher-network/teacher-blog/2014/aug/09/secret-teacher-jargon-education-pupils - Secret Teacher: jargon is ruining our children's education
The Secret Teacher - Sat 9 Aug 2014 - The Guardian
How making young children conform to words like 'criteria' and 'level 6' puts unnecessary pressure on them and takes the fun away from learning. The writer gives a firsthand experience on watching this happen.
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2009/nov/30/politicians-bad-language-jargon - Not fit for purpose? The jargon-laden language of politics
Anna Bawden - Mon 30 November 2009 - The Guardian
An article explores how political jargon is unnecessarily confusing and extremely hard to understand and how the euphemisms within it can be considered rude or immature. It can also 'hide the fact that the speaker or writer doesn't really understand what they are writing or talking about'. The article is extremely critical of political jargon.
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/wordofmouth/2012/aug/12/codes-waiter-really-thinking12. - The codes that tell you what your waiter is really thinking
Oliver Thring - Sun 12 Aug 2012 - The Guardian
A creative comedic article about how waiters and waitresses inform each other on what customers are like. The article is light-hearted and overall positive.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-14653080 - 'Solutionising' business jargon
Gillian Sharpe - BBC Scotland News - 26 August 2011
How business/corporate jargon is undermining business and making it hard to understand. Some people believe that it makes business seem more humourous and amusing than it actually is or that it confuses newcomers as they cannot understand it.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/643416.stm - Jargon 'baffles' office workers
Tuesday, 15 February 2000 - BBC News
"Jargon can be used to exclude and confuse others, as well as mask inexperience and lack of expertise." Paul Jacobs, Office Angels
A negative, opinion article that criticises jargon and how people use it to exclude or confuse workers.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/7457287.stm - 50 office-speak phrases you love to hate
Monday, 16 June 2008 - BBC News Magazine
An article that uses oxymoron and juxtapositions to list 50 jargon phrases that people hate but don't object to the use of because they are entertaining and unique.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/10288967/My-shameful-secret-Ive-learnt-to-love-cliched-journalese.html - My 'shameful secret’: I’ve learnt to love clichéd journalese
Rob Hutton - 05 Sep 2013 - The Telegraph
"Where is everyone in a lab coat a “boffin”? Where is “bubbly” either “guzzled” or “glugged”? Where do “drunken yobs” go on “booze-fuelled rampages”? You know the answer: in Britain’s newspapers."
An article that explores the language journalists use to entertain and engage their readers even if a story is not actually worth reading it. The author really likes this use of language and lists their favourites with humourous explanations.
http://www.economist.com/blogs/johnson/2012/04/journalese - A strange English dialect -
A foreigner makes clear to our correspondent how hard it is to read English journalism, as opposed to plain English
Johnson - Apr 3rd 2012 - The Economist
A story about journalese (newspaper talk) and how an English-speaking foreigner is unable to understand it. Journalese requires you to abandon basic grammar and punctuation rules and requires the writer to be overly-dramatic and emotive about their story. But the people who do use it feel a sense of inclusion and satisfaction from it, hence why the English use it.
http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/once-thriving-language-of-the-pits-being-revived-in-yorkshire-coal-mining-exhibition-1-7724590 - Once thriving language of the pits being revived in Yorkshire coal mining exhibition
Jonathon Brown - Wednesday 10 February 2016 - The Yorkshire Post
The closure of a mine and all the employees leaving lead to the death of 'coal-mining speak' and hundreds of phrases used only by miners. However, an exhibition has opened displaying these words to try and revive the language and let other people see it. This created a sense of sadness and nostalgia for the visitors.
http://www.motherjones.com/media/2015/04/what-doctors-are-really-saying-about-you - Here Is the Secret Jargon Doctors Use to Talk Trash About You to Your Face
Samantha Michaels - APR. 13, 2015 - MotherJones
An explanation for the phrases doctors use when referring to patients or each other, some of which are insulting and rude. However, the article does not seem to criticise this; instead the writer sympathises with the hard-working doctors who sometimes need to get things off their chests.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/3159813.stm - Doctor slang is a dying art
Monday, 18 August 2003
This articles explains how, because of an increase of legal cases, doctors have stopped using slang abbreviations in their notes so they don't have to explain their insults in court. A doctor describes it as a form of language and is sad to see it go but is glad doctors are now more respectful of their patients.
https://www.theguardian.com/teacher-network/teacher-blog/2014/aug/09/secret-teacher-jargon-education-pupils - Secret Teacher: jargon is ruining our children's education
The Secret Teacher - Sat 9 Aug 2014 - The Guardian
How making young children conform to words like 'criteria' and 'level 6' puts unnecessary pressure on them and takes the fun away from learning. The writer gives a firsthand experience on watching this happen.
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2009/nov/30/politicians-bad-language-jargon - Not fit for purpose? The jargon-laden language of politics
Anna Bawden - Mon 30 November 2009 - The Guardian
An article explores how political jargon is unnecessarily confusing and extremely hard to understand and how the euphemisms within it can be considered rude or immature. It can also 'hide the fact that the speaker or writer doesn't really understand what they are writing or talking about'. The article is extremely critical of political jargon.
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/wordofmouth/2012/aug/12/codes-waiter-really-thinking12. - The codes that tell you what your waiter is really thinking
Oliver Thring - Sun 12 Aug 2012 - The Guardian
A creative comedic article about how waiters and waitresses inform each other on what customers are like. The article is light-hearted and overall positive.
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