Comments on: Earth to IT industry - do you speak English? http://www.badlanguage.net/earth-to-it-industry-do-you-speak-english How to communicate Thu, 07 Aug 2008 20:22:09 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Hate technobabble: Speak to me in clear and simple terms | iScatterlings http://www.badlanguage.net/earth-to-it-industry-do-you-speak-english#comment-342324 Hate technobabble: Speak to me in clear and simple terms | iScatterlings Mon, 07 Jan 2008 13:24:11 +0000 http://www.badlanguage.net/?p=298#comment-342324 [...] my sentiment, Matthew Stibbe across at Bad Language has a point to make as well. Click here to read Matthew’s Bad language [...] [...] my sentiment, Matthew Stibbe across at Bad Language has a point to make as well. Click here to read Matthew’s Bad language [...]

]]> By: Daniel Clarke http://www.badlanguage.net/earth-to-it-industry-do-you-speak-english#comment-84970 Daniel Clarke Wed, 18 Apr 2007 00:16:47 +0000 http://www.badlanguage.net/?p=298#comment-84970 How is "your business' exact needs" an apostrophe problem? When adding 's to the end of a word to indicate possession, it's acceptable - common, even - to omit the s when the possessor ends in letter s. For example, "Jesus' disciples" or "James' mother". How is “your business’ exact needs” an apostrophe problem?
When adding ’s to the end of a word to indicate possession, it’s acceptable - common, even - to omit the s when the possessor ends in letter s. For example, “Jesus’ disciples” or “James’ mother”.

]]> By: Suz http://www.badlanguage.net/earth-to-it-industry-do-you-speak-english#comment-3993 Suz Sun, 22 Oct 2006 14:12:57 +0000 http://www.badlanguage.net/?p=298#comment-3993 I agree with Carlo Cardilli. I copied/pasted that company's statements into a Word file, printed it and carried it with me one day intending to mark it up or completely rewrite it. But I never could decipher their basic message. What is it the firm does for its clients? Advise on the technology? Sell them the techology? Broker their technology purchases? Pfooey. The only thing for sure I could figure out: they yak a lot of techno-babble and take clients' money. I agree with Carlo Cardilli. I copied/pasted that company’s statements into a Word file, printed it and carried it with me one day intending to mark it up or completely rewrite it.

But I never could decipher their basic message. What is it the firm does for its clients? Advise on the technology? Sell them the techology? Broker their technology purchases?

Pfooey. The only thing for sure I could figure out: they yak a lot of techno-babble and take clients’ money.

]]> By: Carlo Cardilli http://www.badlanguage.net/earth-to-it-industry-do-you-speak-english#comment-2862 Carlo Cardilli Tue, 17 Oct 2006 04:00:47 +0000 http://www.badlanguage.net/?p=298#comment-2862 That PR blather is so bad I wouldn't know where to start. The signal-to-noise ratio is close to zero. When you take the noise out there's nothing left. That PR blather is so bad I wouldn’t know where to start. The signal-to-noise ratio is close to zero. When you take the noise out there’s nothing left.

]]> By: Matthew Stibbe http://www.badlanguage.net/earth-to-it-industry-do-you-speak-english#comment-2603 Matthew Stibbe Sun, 08 Oct 2006 08:32:42 +0000 http://www.badlanguage.net/?p=298#comment-2603 Robert - Post Away! Carlo - Happy to post any reader's suggested improvement. I did write to the PR who sent me the press release offering to do a free rewrite. Haven't heard anything. Robert - Post Away!
Carlo - Happy to post any reader’s suggested improvement. I did write to the PR who sent me the press release offering to do a free rewrite. Haven’t heard anything.

]]> By: Robert http://www.badlanguage.net/earth-to-it-industry-do-you-speak-english#comment-2548 Robert Sat, 07 Oct 2006 08:19:34 +0000 http://www.badlanguage.net/?p=298#comment-2548 If you don't mind, I'd like to link this post to my growing collection on Technobilge as an example of business's fondness for appearing to be clever by talking in acronyms. If you don’t mind, I’d like to link this post to my growing collection on Technobilge as an example of business’s fondness for appearing to be clever by talking in acronyms.

]]> By: Carlo Cardilli http://www.badlanguage.net/earth-to-it-industry-do-you-speak-english#comment-2524 Carlo Cardilli Fri, 06 Oct 2006 21:02:08 +0000 http://www.badlanguage.net/?p=298#comment-2524 Matthew, love your blog. Do us all a favour and show us how you would say it. Or run a rewrite contest awarding marks for brevity and readability. Matthew,
love your blog. Do us all a favour and show us how you would say it. Or run a rewrite contest awarding marks for brevity and readability.

]]> By: Roy Jacobsen http://www.badlanguage.net/earth-to-it-industry-do-you-speak-english#comment-2511 Roy Jacobsen Fri, 06 Oct 2006 19:30:59 +0000 http://www.badlanguage.net/?p=298#comment-2511 (I mean, just ask lawyers!) (I mean, just ask lawyers!)

]]> By: Roy Jacobsen http://www.badlanguage.net/earth-to-it-industry-do-you-speak-english#comment-2509 Roy Jacobsen Fri, 06 Oct 2006 18:43:49 +0000 http://www.badlanguage.net/?p=298#comment-2509 The gobbledegook habit is hard to break. The toughest thing is admitting you have a problem. The gobbledegook habit is hard to break. The toughest thing is admitting you have a problem.

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