The language

If the information revolution has taken any prisoners, then one of its most important baggings has been language. With knowledge allegedly doubling every twelve months, one would expect a corresponding growth to the words, phrases and texts that describe and support it. However, it’s my contention that language, in whatever form, is a long way back in the field and displays an unwillingness to get with the program. There are a number of reasons for my assertion. A couple of weeks ago I came across an article in the Parramatta Advertiser with the headline ‘Dealing with drop-offs’. Briefly, the story was about how schools need to effectively wrangle vehicles that bring the kiddies to their doors and pick them up in the afternoons. Parents should be careful/ safety issues and so on. Traffic coupled with school entry and exit periods have always been a problem for as long as I can remember and I’m an ex-teacher. But what attracted my attention was the following paragraph- The...