tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1873889619654138974.post158857792971006779..comments2023-09-07T07:41:28.307-04:00Comments on Zestful Writing: NPR's Appalling LanguageElizabeth Simshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01207536110886973913noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1873889619654138974.post-49939772024487462202016-05-06T16:45:44.374-04:002016-05-06T16:45:44.374-04:00Excellent point, Brooke. It's worse in print, ...Excellent point, Brooke. It's worse in print, I agree, especially if you know the writer is educated. Which brings up the whole question of education...Elizabeth Simshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01207536110886973913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1873889619654138974.post-29331848466293937772016-05-06T15:53:27.093-04:002016-05-06T15:53:27.093-04:00This sort of thing bugs the living hell out of me....This sort of thing bugs the living hell out of me. Usually I give people the benefit of the doubt when it's done verbally; some people (myself included) just aren't great at the whole talking thing, and words come out weird sometimes. Though I suspect on NPR, it is done on purpose. To me it's more egregious when done in print. Like, you had time to sit down and come up with the right word, or look it up on dictionary.com. Either you're lazy or trying to sound intellectual, and neither is particularly endearing. Brooke G.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1873889619654138974.post-37523367967275264542016-04-21T21:53:55.035-04:002016-04-21T21:53:55.035-04:00Cordia and Allison, LOL and right on.Cordia and Allison, LOL and right on.Elizabeth Simshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01207536110886973913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1873889619654138974.post-45810433046400310522016-04-21T20:11:18.188-04:002016-04-21T20:11:18.188-04:00I've heard it said many times and by many diff...I've heard it said many times and by many different people that if you can't explain something using words that a reasonably intelligent 5th grader could understand, you don't really know your subject. Made up and inappropriately used words are one indication that the speaker is trying to blow smoke up someone's skirt.Allisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12744002847007645065noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1873889619654138974.post-58303255014931676502016-04-21T19:11:44.494-04:002016-04-21T19:11:44.494-04:00The ponderous, the pompous and puffed up, OMG. I w...The ponderous, the pompous and puffed up, OMG. I walked into my stable on Monday while my partner was listening to our local station interviewing some dipwad who was discoursing (gag) his way through his BS with "When my patients, ask me, Dr. What's-your-excuse for breathing, I . . . " Right then, right there, French started flying. This is why I do not listen to the F'ing so called talk wawawa, ever. Actually, believe I said something to the effect, make me listen to this crap and I'll beg you to please blow my brains out. <br /><br />The pain! <br /><br />Meanwhile every so often I use a word from the 15th C (+ or -.) When my crit partners give me crap, I simply say, use a dictionary and no, it's not freaking avant garde. It's Shakespeare or Chaucer or who's the dude who wrote about the rings of hell, yeah, that Dante. What a cutup. <br /><br />Pretense. (Growls!)Morgynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09789636407148182196noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1873889619654138974.post-36643247722108906232016-04-21T16:24:11.156-04:002016-04-21T16:24:11.156-04:00Thanks, Robyn! Always glad for good company along ...Thanks, Robyn! Always glad for good company along the way... And JC, I remember that show, but didn't see that episode. Gotta see if I can Hulu it or something. Thanks for the tip on that.Elizabeth Simshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01207536110886973913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1873889619654138974.post-17337076322036235112016-04-21T15:21:42.319-04:002016-04-21T15:21:42.319-04:00There was a TV Show in the '90s called Just Sh...There was a TV Show in the '90s called Just Shoot Me that devoted an episode to this. In it, a fashion editor was appearing on NPR and her co-workers gave her a fake 'Word of the Day' calendar for her to prepare. During the interview, she used all kinds of odd, made-up words. It was really funny. Or at least I thought so.JC Gatlinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12163575020042622364noreply@blogger.com