Newspeak

Peter Ward · #1 04-01-2020, 05:57 PM

Aside from all the angst the current fires and weather events is causing .. it’s amusing to see how many of the media commentators and politicians bang on about things being “impacted”

Synonyms being: bump, collision, concussion, crash, impingement, jar, jolt, jounce, kick, shock, slam, smash, strike, wallop.

“Affected“ might have been be a better descriptive.....but I guess, at the end of the day, people might have polarised opinions and it doesn’t have that snappy buzz phrasing

multiweb (Marc) · #2 04-01-2020, 06:07 PM

I reckon if you lose everything in a fire it's got to hit you like a ton of bricks so the term is on the money IMHO.

Peter Ward · #3 04-01-2020, 06:36 PM

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Originally Posted by multiweb

I reckon if you lose everything in a fire it's got to hit you like a ton of bricks so the term is on the money IMHO.

Mon Dieu! Frapper!? But, hey , my French sucks

LewisM · #4 04-01-2020, 07:06 PM

Some Faceless Moron aka "journalist" asked SloMo at his JOC talk something I sure the hell could not even begin to comprehend using some throw-away jargonism jingo. Even SloMo had a quizical look on his face but I think he then had a reboot

I give up on the Main Stream Media altogether - bunch of snowflake twats.

blink138 (Pat) · #5 04-01-2020, 08:17 PM

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Originally Posted by LewisM

Some Faceless Moron aka "journalist" asked SloMo at his JOC talk something I sure the hell could not even begin to comprehend using some throw-away jargonism jingo. Even SloMo had a quizical look on his face but I think he then had a reboot

I give up on the Main Stream Media altogether - bunch of snowflake twats.

welcome back lewis lol!
pat

Peter Ward · #6 04-01-2020, 09:16 PM

Don't mind me...just poking a bit of fun at those for whom English is their first language, work as wordsmiths, who perhaps should know better.

i'm officially a level 6 English speaker! (aviation people will get the joke)

I have noticed the NSW Premier likes to say "impordent" for things that are important....

Then again...poking fun is terribly non PC these days.

Peter Ward · #7 04-01-2020, 10:35 PM

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Originally Posted by Rainmaker

Actually IMPACTED is an appropriate word though admittedly overused by media. The Dunns Road fire just impacted the town of Talbingo where two of my brothers live. Though the residents were told to leave, my brothers and about 50 others stayed along with 3 RFS crews to try to save the town.

The massive fire front hit the historic town in the past two hours but due to the efforts of those who stayed the town was saved with some building losses....

Apparently the IMPACT was like being hit with a hundred burning freight trains....

Nah. A fire is a rapid exothermic reaction. Not an impact . But the analogy of being struck, well , fair ‘nuff.

LewisM · #8 04-01-2020, 10:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Peter Ward

Don't mind me...just poking a bit of fun at those for whom English is their first language, work as wordsmiths, who perhaps should know better.

i'm officially a level 6 English speaker! (aviation people will get the joke)

I have noticed the NSW Premier likes to say "impordent" for things that are important....

Then again...poking fun is terribly non PC these days.

Q-Effer, level 6? You ARE an over-acheiver!

Peter Ward · #9 04-01-2020, 11:14 PM

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Originally Posted by LewisM

Q-Effer, level 6? You ARE an over-acheiver!

Yeh, nah, yeah

ngcles · #10 04-01-2020, 11:35 PM

Hi Peter & All,

The one that makes me chuckle loudest is the word "evacuated" used in the media, frequently in the following way

"Fifteen people in Smithtown today were evacuated when a fire broke-out in ..."

No. No. No.

They weren't evacuated in Smithtown, they were evacuated from Smithtown -- unless of course there was a large industrial-strength sucking machine that was attached to the individuals in question, removing their inside-bits.

I bemoan the apparent disappearance of sub-editors.

Best,

L.

DarkArts · #11 05-01-2020, 01:27 AM

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Originally Posted by ngcles

I bemoan the apparent disappearance of sub-editors.

Oh, my word, yes. I have to pinch myself in order to resist the urge to print out errant articles, red-pen and post them back to their authors. Amongst journalists, spelling, grammar, vocabulary and comprehension are all clearly deficient. I'm most disappointed in flagship publications or national broadcasters, such as the ABC.

Have at them, I say!

Having said that, I take many shortcuts in posts and seldom proofread. Do what I say, not what I do.

Peter Ward · #12 05-01-2020, 09:08 AM

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Originally Posted by DarkArts

Have at them, I say!

Having said that, I take many shortcuts in posts and seldom proofread. Do what I say, not what I do.

Indeed. I find that my keyboard clearly has this random re-mapping bug,
that I only pick up after a post

astroron (Ron) · #13 05-01-2020, 06:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Peter Ward

Indeed. I find that my keyboard clearly has this random re-mapping bug,
that I only pick up after a post

Mine as well.

N1 (Mirko) · #14 05-01-2020, 06:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ngcles

Hi Peter & All,

The one that makes me chuckle loudest is the word "evacuated" used in the media, frequently in the following way

"Fifteen people in Smithtown today were evacuated when a fire broke-out in ..."

No. No. No.

They weren't evacuated in Smithtown, they were evacuated from Smithtown -- unless of course there was a large industrial-strength sucking machine that was attached to the individuals in question, removing their inside-bits.

I bemoan the apparent disappearance of sub-editors.

Best,

L.

Just curious - if the whole thing had happened within the limits of Smithtown - for example to the local RSL, would you still say from Smithtown, which seems to suggest they went somewhere else?

ngcles · #15 05-01-2020, 08:42 PM

Hi Mirko,

Quote:

Originally Posted by N1

Just curious - if the whole thing had happened within the limits of Smithtown - for example to the local RSL, would you still say from Smithtown, which seems to suggest they went somewhere else?

In that case you would specify a location within Smithtown to another location.

i.e "When a fire broke-out at Smithtown McDonalds, fifteen people were evacuated to the nearby RSL club ..."

Best,

L.

raymo · #16 06-01-2020, 12:55 AM

I remember back in the forties and fifties, and probably earlier, the BBC newsreaders used to have to look through the upcoming news bulletin and find out how to correctly pronounce any word or name that they were not
familiar with. There would be tut tut letters in the readers' letters the next day
if a newsreader made a slip up.
raymo

Wavytone · #17 06-01-2020, 06:56 PM

What really grates are those who persistently mis-pronounce “nuclear” as “nucular”, “mischievous” as “mischievious” (extraneous i) or “films” as “fillums” and the letters “h” as “Haitch” or “l” as “w” (also known as ‘Waynespeak’).

Or writing the number 7 with an extra slash.

One can only guess they attended schools of a specific religious denomination.

LewisM · #18 06-01-2020, 07:07 PM

I am NOT bringing back up the grating mispronunciation of kilometers (as kilom-eter) again

I think too many were perplexed

I must tell the S.I community they got it all wrong and that kilo was actually kilom...

Rainmaker (Matt) · #19 06-01-2020, 07:15 PM

Having had to learn several new languages in my lifetime I can understand the difficulties people face but one thing that annoys me is media discussing “Warder” and “Warder sports” when the are referring to H2O.....

Peter Ward · #20 06-01-2020, 07:15 PM

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Originally Posted by LewisM

I am NOT bringing back up the grating mispronunciation of kilometers (as kilom-eter) again

I think too many were perplexed

I must tell the S.I community they got it all wrong and that kilo was actually kilom...

Kilometer? Is that like a 1000 water meters or similar? That's a lot!

There might be enough to stretch for a kilometre