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Thread #132392   Message #2995100
Posted By: GUEST,Doc John
28-Sep-10 - 07:26 AM
Thread Name: BS: Emma Thompson attacks poor language
Subject: RE: BS: Emma Thompson attacks poor language
Yes, she's right but at least these are young people who use them that she's referring to so at the same time let's be rid of those Radio 4 cliches from people who should know better:
Overuse of the verb 'to target'
'It's not rocket science': just Newtonian mechanics with a variable mass
That 'Elephant in the Room'
'Blue Sky Thinking', whatever that means.
'Convenience Stores': are Sainsbury's inconvenient?
'Affordable Housing': what's the use of house that cannot be afforded
Etc etc
The majority of sports and business correspondents who seem to use standard phrase books.