10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FEDERALESE»
Discover the use of
federalese in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
federalese and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Geodesy? What's That?: My Personal Involvement in the ...
FROM. THE. FEDERALESE. ALPHABET. ACIC = Aeronautical Charts and
Information Center ACSI = Army Chief of Staff Intelligence ACSM = American
Congress on Surveying and Mapping AGU = American Geophysical Union AMS
= Army ...
2
The McGraw-Hill Guide to Effective Business Reports
During the past several years, a style of writing has emerged in business and
government that bewildered readers have labeled businessese and federalese.
Business- ese and federalese can easily be recognized, for they are styles that
are ...
Fragment of a Letter Found in Disabled Time Machine: . . . when the government
of U-ess adopted Federalese as the official language. In fairness, we must bear
in mind that those were troubled times, nor can it matter that some of the trouble ...
Henry Seidel Canby, Bernard Augustine De Voto, George Cooper Stevens, 1965
Some weeks ago we told you about a glossary of "Federalese," or gobbledy- ...
were originally published in the Post in 1943 when Kluttz ran a contest on
gobbledygook and printed the best "federalese" definitions in a series of 11
columns.
How's that again? I've studied, written and spoken English most of my life. I even
can make a rough translation of most Federalese. That one throws me completely
. He even elaborates with some "examples" — one of which I quote verbatim, ...
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The quintessential quiz book: being a compendium of curious ...
FEDERALESE. AND. ASSORTED. GOBBLEDYGOOK. Federal Prose is that form
of nonmetrical composition, apparently English, which can be invariably
interpreted as meaning andlor not meaning more andlor less than, rather than
what, ...
There's legalese, economese, Wall Streetese, newspaperese, officialese,
federalese, computerese; and within each language, any number of dialects,
known as “shoptalk.” You may or may not want to learn them all, but you will be
exposed to ...
There is a merry meteorologist who comes on simultaneously on both outlets,
and gives the weather word in English with Maine overtones. The federalese
lingo is dispensed with. You may be informed the weather may be coming on the
...
9
Plucked Again: The Great Chicken Rebellion
So, in the best Federalese tradition, I promised to investigate the matter (and
investigate, and inves. . .) Smith Sampson also pulled the beeper summons on
me when all he wanted was the dimensions of the chicken houses; they were ...
10
Rise Above Hate May God Save The King
“Yeah, I read the papers, so I have to watch what I talk about because I don'twant
any trouble fromthose federalese.” “He's a big fish,and it's candid camera up
there in Norristown, sobe careful.” Mikhail nods his head in agreement. “Yes,
Uncle ...
4 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «FEDERALESE»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
federalese is used in the context of the following news items.
Those cement bubbles on sidewalk corners are costing you a lot of …
"Truncated domes," as they are known in federalese, alert the visually impaired to upcoming intersections. (Stu Bykofsky / Staff). Travel Deals. «Philadelphia Inquirer, Oct 12»
Why California Spent $205000 To Move A $15 Shrubbery (UPDATE)
... nurturing and monitoring of the Mother Plant" for a decade, as well as $25,605 to cover what federalese linguists call "reporting requirements. «Jalopnik, Apr 12»
How to: archive and back up photos
... talus careening cocentric chint conversationalist occultation gonarthritis downcoming federalese archleveler phototypographic preremittance ... «What Digital Camera, Sep 10»
Ted Widmer on writing speeches for presidents.
Here is how they translated "too many cooks spoil the broth" into federalese: "Undue multiplicity of personnel assigned either concurrently or ... «Washington Post, Jun 10»
