http://www.caribbeanfreeradio.com/blog/2006/05/29/jargonese/ The Caribbean's first podcast - almost live from Trinidad and Tobago! Thu, 24 Jun 2010 13:56:04 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://www.caribbeanfreeradio.com/blog/2006/05/29/jargonese/comment-page-1/#comment-17395 JT Sun, 04 Jun 2006 19:44:06 +0000 http://www.caribbeanfreeradio.com/blog/?p=477#comment-17395 And what about "interrogating"? Couldn't that be left to the noble folks at Abu Ghraib? And what about “interrogating”? Couldn’t that be left to the noble folks at Abu Ghraib?

]]> http://www.caribbeanfreeradio.com/blog/2006/05/29/jargonese/comment-page-1/#comment-16886 Georgia Tue, 30 May 2006 12:49:16 +0000 http://www.caribbeanfreeradio.com/blog/?p=477#comment-16886 Funnily enough, Alice, this wasn't prompted by <a href="http://sta.uwi.edu/caribbeanstudies/index.asp" rel="nofollow">CSA</a> (and no, I haven't attended any of the events as yet) but by a statement from Bermuda's opposition party which included the expression "speak to [something inanimate or abstract]". Unclear language, especially when used to obscure communication, is one of my general pet peeves. And I should have included lawyers on that list as well! Funnily enough, Alice, this wasn’t prompted by CSA (and no, I haven’t attended any of the events as yet) but by a statement from Bermuda’s opposition party which included the expression “speak to [something inanimate or abstract]“. Unclear language, especially when used to obscure communication, is one of my general pet peeves. And I should have included lawyers on that list as well!

]]> http://www.caribbeanfreeradio.com/blog/2006/05/29/jargonese/comment-page-1/#comment-16883 alice b. Tue, 30 May 2006 09:38:18 +0000 http://www.caribbeanfreeradio.com/blog/?p=477#comment-16883 georgia, let me guess: you're at CSA? LOL. :-) georgia, let me guess: you’re at CSA? LOL.

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