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Feathers fly in first bird debate -OT!

To: Geoffrey Dabb <>
Subject: Feathers fly in first bird debate -OT!
From: David Nicholls <>
Date: Fri, 29 Jul 2011 11:57:41 +1000
On 29/07/11 10:53 AM, Geoffrey Dabb wrote:
A fascinating item, thank you Tony, slightly marred by the inability of
science writers to use the English language to best effect.

[Off topic]

Good to see the effective use of English being defended, Geoffrey. I fear it is not just science writers who are guilty of Manglish: the entire journalistic profession -- or at least, those younger than 50 or so -- are responsible for a panoply of atrocities. I refer those interested in this (off) topic to Orwell's essay "Politics and the English Language", written in 1946 but perhaps even more relevant today. See http://langs.eserver.org/politics-english-language.txt

Regards

David Nicholls



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