tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16179347.post6919747083949871720..comments2023-10-02T18:02:52.243+10:00Comments on 3 Word Slogan: Trouble in the verb gardenCartledgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11929350278316125588noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16179347.post-59723357681479801362008-05-31T18:06:00.000+10:002008-05-31T18:06:00.000+10:00If you read them you received, first hand, the gen...If you read them you received, first hand, the genius of Churchill. He was a great writer.<BR/>Having said that I think his genius stopped there. But that is another story.Cartledgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11929350278316125588noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16179347.post-7285646252912632792008-05-31T17:35:00.000+10:002008-05-31T17:35:00.000+10:00Oh no, actors were reading Churchill's speeches? ...Oh no, actors were reading Churchill's speeches? Having only read them, I never knew! I always thought he had a real gift for direct statements.<BR/><BR/>We also gear almost everything to an 8th grade reading & comprehension level. I believe this is why we are losing our ability for complex thoughts. I used to think people wouldn't like being talked down to, but then GWB came along.D.K. Raedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01451065603615752038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16179347.post-63525214875269209092008-05-31T11:06:00.000+10:002008-05-31T11:06:00.000+10:00I’m not sure Rudd’s issue is pure "bureaucratese"....I’m not sure Rudd’s issue is pure "bureaucratese". He is basically an intellectual, a modern sin I happen to endorse. But then, given the focus on policy development with some very smart people he has trouble bring the responses back to the language of the people. <BR/>Churchill actually had many of his radio speeches performed for him by actors. I don’t doubt he wrote them, that was his gift, Cartledgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11929350278316125588noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16179347.post-10123416039191523922008-05-31T03:38:00.000+10:002008-05-31T03:38:00.000+10:00aaah so, you suffer from "bureaucratese" there, to...aaah so, you suffer from "bureaucratese" there, too. Well, at least it isn't "foot-in-mouth", more like "crap-in-mouth". Personally, I favor the Churchillian style of public speaking.D.K. Raedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01451065603615752038noreply@blogger.com