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Does anyone still speak English?

Started by pauljacobson · 10 months ago

I was going through my feeds and I came across this quote from an article on MyADSL:

"The aim of the Electronic Communications Act (ECA) is for industry players to work and think in a converged manner as well as build multi-stakeholder partnerships," says Dr Harold Wes ... Continue reading »

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  • Duncan

    2 years ago

    Hi Paul,

    I read that same article and couldn't believe it - it is absolutely ridiculous! I think there are two problems, (1) he has a PHD (and that is often an indicator of bad communication skills - sure there are a couple of reasons for this), and (2) he has probably been in the state department for too long.

    Anyway, luckily there are some people out there who are still trying to bridge the gap with "normal" language :) Some of them hang out at www.theforumsa.co.za

    Check out this post specifically - http://www.theforumsa.co.za/forums/showthread.php?t=453

    Keep well,
    Duncan
    reply
  • Duncan

    2 years ago

    Hi Paul,

    I read that same article and couldn't believe it - it is absolutely ridiculous! I think there are two problems, (1) he has a PHD (and that is often an indicator of bad communication skills - sure there are a couple of reasons for this), and (2) he has probably been in the state department for too long.

    Anyway, luckily there are some people out there who are still trying to bridge the gap with "normal" language :) Some of them hang out at www.theforumsa.co.za

    Check out this post specifically - http://www.theforumsa.co.za/forums/showthread.php?t=453

    Keep well,
    Duncan
    reply

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