The Superior Person's Field Guide to Deceitful, Deceptive & Downright Dangerous Language - Couverture rigide

Bowler, Peter

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1567923372 ISBN 13 : 9781567923377

Editeur : David R. Godine Publisher Inc, 2008

Synopsis

"The Superior Person's Field Guide" is a call for the return to simple, straightforward words that say what they mean and mean what they say. Most of us know that 'downsizing' means you're about to get fired, but have you ever heard its business-speak cousins 'offshorable' or 'cash-flow episode'?With wit and wisdom, this amusing volume cuts a swath through the thickets of popular jargon, casting daylight on such linguistic deformities as 'interrogate with prejudice' (that is, torture), 'unforeseen geological event' (a mining disaster), and 'critical power excursion' (a meltdown at a nuclear plant).Filled with circumlocutions that make the disagreeable seem agreeable and the unacceptable acceptable, this volume puts you on the first step to setting the record, and the English language, straight.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Peter Bowler - educator, author, and curmudgeon - spent many years in management, where he discovered a whole new subset to the English language - Business-speak.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: David R. Godine Publisher Inc
• Date d'édition: 2008
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1567923372
• ISBN 13: 9781567923377
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 132
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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