> >New York-based Deloitte Consulting admits it helped foster confusing,
> >indecipherable words like "synergy,"
"paradigm," and "extensible
> >repository," but now it has decided enough is enough.
>
> Well, I'm simply Deloitte-d to hear them say so!

Yup, me too. It's long been one of my irritations.

>
> >On Tuesday it will
> >release "Bullfighter" to help writers of business
documents to avoid
jargon
> >and use clear language.
>
> A new wrinkle on an unfortunately old, and equally as unfortunately,
> recurring problem.  Be careful the Gumbe Tygress doesn't come over and
> whack-a-mole you for bemoaning that which has ever been with us as if it
> were new.  

you'll never be fast enough and that much running will only make her more
cranky when she catches you -- remember, she's housebreaking a new puppy and
still has a young childling... she has eyes *everywhere* :)
(and she's armed!)

> Remember the Fog Index?    It didn't work, either.
>
> >"We've had it with repurposeable, value-added knowledge capital and
robust,
> >leveragable mindshare," Deloitte Consulting partner Brian Fugere said.
>
>   Got to where you couldn't translate your own crap three days
> later, did it, Brian old boy?

that's about it. You wouldn't believe some of the stuff I've heard in
meetings. And they all like to make you think they know what they're talking
about.

> The problem is that the American public doesn't need a software bullshit
> detector -- it needs to hone its own jellyware ones.

Very true 

> >while computer
> >hardware and software companies suffered the lowest scores for
readability.
>
> Which comes as absolutely no surprise to anyone who has ever read a
> software manual or encountered an error message.  Or twelve.  

Actually... while I'd agree the industry has a problem with treknospeak, the
manuals packaged with users in mind are generally quite good. I wish they'd
put the same ppl to writing the manuals intended for other ppl in the
field - those are rather nasty and complicated. At least the stuff I've seen
is.

> Veloci--just as befogged as before--raptor

sometimes a good thing to be 



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