atw: Re: Jargon Alert

Janice:
On Thu, 17 Apr 2008 16:41:45 +1000,  you wrote:
> I'm currently editing a document that uses "on-board" as a verb and=
 "on-boarding" as a
> noun and an adjective. *ouch ouch ouch*
>
Sounds like you should check with your SMEs as to what happens if people who=
 have onboarded find a need to deboard
(disemboard?  offboard? debark ?)  -- but try to keep a straight face.

A propos of which....     Why do our railways people still use silly=
 language in announcements such as those when a train "terminates"
at a given station?   God knows how hard it is for non-English-speaking=
 tourists to make out some of the live announcements as it is, but even I=
 pause when I'm told that I have to detrain. (I keep on thinking it means=
 something like de-skill). Or maybe I misheard something about de train. ...=
 

What's wrong with "Get Off" , "Leave", "Get out "  ? 

And when will someone give Australian police English lessons on evidence=
 presentation that don't include "decamping in a=
 (southerly/northerly/westerly/easterly) direction" ?

Who is responsible for this nonsense ?   Where in hell did it start and why=
 hasn't it been stopped ?  

In the words of Doc Evatt :   Take down their names!  Take down their=
 names!
 
--Peter M 


 



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