atw: Re: Jargon Alert

I assumed that the special language used by police was a pathetic attempt to
sound official and legal.
The railways have used their own jargon for many years.  A station is either
a through station or a terminus.  Thus a train terminates at a terminus,
though it may terminate at a through station.

Bob T (who is a 'male-type person')

On Thu, Apr 17, 2008 at 5:13 PM, Peter Martin <peterm_5@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

> 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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