Comments on: Corporation 20/20 Receives ‘Busted English’ Award From The Lion

By: Ric

Ric — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 18:03:59 +0000

Okay, I’ll take the large green fuzzy frog.

(I would have held out for the pretty redheaded woman, but then someone would accuse me of being sexist. But I’m just middle-aged.)

By: heather

heather — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 17:03:33 +0000

Well, you won a a game, without even realising you were playing. That must qualify you for a huge virtual prize.

It ’s the winning that counts.

By: Ric

Ric — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 16:43:19 +0000

Do I get a prize?

By: heather

heather — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 20:49:20 +0000

A game I sometimes play with my fellow wage-slaves is Dilbert-speak bingo.

You make a list of the most repulsive anti-words that you might hear in a meeting or find in a report. Everyone gets a score card. You get a point for the most you can tick off.

The ones you quoted there would probably win you a game by themselves.

I have just realised that there could be extra points for the density of anti-words calculated by volume of text. Or maybe that’s really too nerdy…

By: Ric

Ric — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 13:31:29 +0000

They’d like us to think they have their own special langwidge. They’re so habituated to getting around rules and regulations that they try to apply the same mindset to the English language.

By: the chaplain

the chaplain — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 23:47:41 +0000

I thought their language was called Corporatese.