This story from yesterday has just caught my eye ... some 200 words banned from Councils' use South of the Border!I wonder if anyone will pay attention in Scotland ... not that City of Edinburgh Council reports ever contain this type of jargon ;-)
This story from yesterday has just caught my eye ... some 200 words banned from Councils' use South of the Border!
I notice "on time and on budget" seems to be missing....
ReplyDeleteJohn
ReplyDeleteWhat can I say ... have a look at this:
http://www.audit-scotland.gov.uk/docs/central/2007/nr_070620_edin_transport_project.pdf
- published in June 2007; and remember the lofty position I've occupied since then :-(
For those intervening 2-years, the political management of the tram project (and do have a quick look at the link to see what the Auditor General made of it in June 2007) has been elsewhere.
Andrew
.... oops: try this:
ReplyDeletehttp://tinyurl.com/c9h9cv
Very , Very , Very sad people with limited vocab or they have vast ammounts of time to compile such a list. Do they get fired instantly when they use any of these meaningless words or phrases?
ReplyDeleteAnonymous - one can but hope :-)
ReplyDeleteI bet their carbon foot is huge as the publish this list round all the councils and departments.
ReplyDeleteWhat a waste !