Comments on: Pleonasm http://www.dakwegmo.com/pleonasm/ letting the wookie win Tue, 14 Dec 2010 14:56:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Matthew R. Lee http://www.dakwegmo.com/pleonasm/comment-page-1/#comment-174 Matthew R. Lee Thu, 13 Dec 2007 16:05:55 +0000 http://www.dakwegmo.com/?p=23#comment-174 Dakwegmo- Thanks for the link to your on post Pleonasm. It reminds me of a wonderful line from the book "Why Business people speak like Idiots: A Bullfighter's Guide" “This is just the kind of synergistic, customer-centric, upsell-driven, churn-reducing, outside-the box, customizable, strategically tactical, best-of-breed, seamlessly integrated, multichannel thought-leadership that will help our clients track to true north. Let's fly this up the flagpole and see where the push-back is.” - Why Business people speak like Idiots: A Bullfighter's Guide, by Brian Fugere, Chelsea Hardaway and Jon Warshawsky. (Free Press, Div. Simon & Schuster, 2005) Dakwegmo- Thanks for the link to your on post Pleonasm.
It reminds me of a wonderful line from the book “Why Business people speak like Idiots: A Bullfighter’s Guide”

“This is just the kind of synergistic, customer-centric, upsell-driven, churn-reducing, outside-the box, customizable, strategically tactical, best-of-breed, seamlessly integrated, multichannel thought-leadership that will help our clients track to true north. Let’s fly this up the flagpole and see where the push-back is.”

- Why Business people speak like Idiots: A Bullfighter’s Guide, by Brian Fugere, Chelsea Hardaway and Jon Warshawsky. (Free Press, Div. Simon & Schuster, 2005)

]]> By: marcus http://www.dakwegmo.com/pleonasm/comment-page-1/#comment-37 marcus Mon, 31 Jul 2006 22:12:40 +0000 http://www.dakwegmo.com/?p=23#comment-37 \"I have made this letter longer than usual, only because I have not had time to make it shorter.\" -- Blaise Pascal (1623-62), written in a letter to a friend. \”I have made this letter longer than usual, only because I have not had time to make it shorter.\” — Blaise Pascal (1623-62), written in a letter to a friend.

]]> By: Michael http://www.dakwegmo.com/pleonasm/comment-page-1/#comment-36 Michael Sun, 30 Jul 2006 12:39:32 +0000 http://www.dakwegmo.com/?p=23#comment-36 Perhaps it's just easier to be wordy. Mark Twain was asked to write a two page essay for a magazine in two days. His response was something like, "I can't do it. I'll need two weeks. If you want 50 pages I can get you that in two days." Perhaps it’s just easier to be wordy.

Mark Twain was asked to write a two page essay for a magazine in two days. His response was something like, “I can’t do it. I’ll need two weeks. If you want 50 pages I can get you that in two days.”

]]> By: Laura http://www.dakwegmo.com/pleonasm/comment-page-1/#comment-30 Laura Mon, 19 Jun 2006 19:38:54 +0000 http://www.dakwegmo.com/?p=23#comment-30 I agree that it is very annoying. I work in a place where the more words you use, the more important your point is. But it never really is. Most of the time, if they would just be succint, then the point would be driven home a lot sooner. I agree that it is very annoying. I work in a place where the more words you use, the more important your point is. But it never really is. Most of the time, if they would just be succint, then the point would be driven home a lot sooner.

]]> By: Victoria http://www.dakwegmo.com/pleonasm/comment-page-1/#comment-29 Victoria Wed, 14 Jun 2006 12:28:07 +0000 http://www.dakwegmo.com/?p=23#comment-29 Maybe they are simply trying to sound "edumacated"? Maybe they are simply trying to sound “edumacated”?

]]> By: Michael http://www.dakwegmo.com/pleonasm/comment-page-1/#comment-28 Michael Mon, 12 Jun 2006 19:40:10 +0000 http://www.dakwegmo.com/?p=23#comment-28 A former President of our country used to say "at this juncture" when "now" would have been sufficient. I think by using more words people think they are saying more, but they're not. A former President of our country used to say “at this juncture” when “now” would have been sufficient. I think by using more words people think they are saying more, but they’re not.

]]> By: Stephen http://www.dakwegmo.com/pleonasm/comment-page-1/#comment-27 Stephen Fri, 09 Jun 2006 04:59:11 +0000 http://www.dakwegmo.com/?p=23#comment-27 YES, and when people add a word to an acronym that is included in the acronym. SAT test... ATM Machine... PIN number.. and so forth. Stephen YES, and when people add a word to an acronym that is included in the acronym. SAT test… ATM Machine… PIN number.. and so forth.

Stephen

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