Glum news in The Australian this morning. Some Scottish constables want ‘a return to plain English’. They say people make fun of them when they talk. The Plain English Campaign is also calling on police to use simpler language.
And just when I’d learnt the right name for copspeak (see also here).
Interesting that it’s people at constable rank who want the reform. It is further confirmation of Wordability’s Law of Plain Speaking in Organisations (LOPSO) which states that only people at the top or at the bottom of an organisation are permitted to speak plainly. If you want to know what’s going on, ask the CEO or the bloke in the mail-room.