tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28918367.post630140105299784339..comments2024-01-06T02:49:32.833+00:00Comments on Scully's Blog Spot: Classical Political CorrectnessAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14547393240463525682noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28918367.post-39136044850714048812008-11-07T09:24:00.000+00:002008-11-07T09:24:00.000+00:00speaking of political correctness how many ''equal...speaking of political correctness how many ''equalities'' and diversity officers does Sutton council employ at our expernse?<BR/><BR/>scottyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28918367.post-84155364650373055212008-11-04T16:46:00.000+00:002008-11-04T16:46:00.000+00:00PaulI was sharing an amusing cartoon with my wife ...Paul<BR/><BR/>I was sharing an amusing cartoon with my wife when I opened your rather appurtenant article. <BR/><BR/>For the benefit of those who do not get the local government magazine 'First' the cartoon shows a couple of overworked local authority officers in conversation. I shall call them Scully and Russell.<BR/>****************************<BR/>Scully<BR/>"It's ANOTHER set of guidelines...these ones are directing how we manage school playtimes. We’re to ‘Facilitate aerobic activities engaging students in mutually participative limited contact game orientated play’…”<BR/><BR/>Russell<BR/>“Which means?”<BR/><BR/>Scully<BR/>“We’re to send them outside to play ‘Tag’”<BR/><BR/>****************************<BR/>I think we can all relate to this sort of nonsense. I remember being in a meeting where the topic of the moment was the importance of communicating with resident’s living in Council properties. <BR/><BR/>The person addressing the meeting kept referring to the "Tenant's Compact". I asked the Committee if anyone knew what a "Tenant's Compact" was? As far as I was concerned it either referred to a small car or an item from a ladies handbag. <BR/><BR/>No one had the first idea what a "Compact" was. We were told that it was an "agreement or contract". I asked whether we might communicate better with these residents if we called it an "agreement" or a "contract". <BR/><BR/>This was met with a look of horror as we were told that this would fall outside government guidelines, so the "Compact" lives on to the undoubted bemusement of many a tenant. Perhaps you have seen some trying to drive one around the Borough or using it to add a bit of lippy?<BR/><BR/>On the communication issue I have just been told that the sound recording of the last Council meeting will soon be available on the Council’s website. I hear that the final debate on the Communication Motion that you moved has caused some very heated behind the scenes ‘discussions’ among the LibDem group.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28918367.post-20782174155193032702008-11-03T23:14:00.000+00:002008-11-03T23:14:00.000+00:00Very true. Words and phrases from one language ado...Very true. Words and phrases from one language adopted into another are known as loanwords and become as much a living part of that language as any other.<BR/><BR/>Phrases are particularly good at holding their original specific meaning and therefore perform their function of enabling clear communication effectively.<BR/><BR/>If you don't know what ad hoc, bona fide and status quo mean the problem isn't that you don't understand Latin. It's that you don't understand English.Adrian Shorthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18250170055363571973noreply@blogger.com