Happy Thought for 28 October 2022
Have a Happy Thought:
Yep, that’s right:
The finalists for the 2022 Comedy
Wildlife Photography Awards have been announced!
Here are some of my favourites (there
are 42 finalists in total, so go check out the rest):
Image: Alex Cooper, via
ComedyWildlifePhoto.com
Image: Alex Pansier, via
ComedyWildlifePhoto.com
Image: Arshdeep Singh, via
ComedyWildlifePhoto.com
Image: Andrew Peacock, via
ComedyWildlifePhoto.com
Image: Miroslav Srb, via
ComedyWildlifePhoto.com
And one last thought: Plain Language
bills are happening around the English-speaking world . This is where
governments try to not write like governments, so that we the people don’t have
to learn bureaucratese just to exist.
Sometimes, though, the urge to use
bureaucratic language (or, we would be told, the need for specificity in
language) is just too strong.
Here’s an example of changes to a government
bill requiring plain language in government documents. Have a look and consider
whether the changes make this more, or less, easy to read.
The purpose of this Act is to improve the
effectiveness and accountability of the public
service by requiring their communications to be clear and accessible to the
public. public service agencies and Crown agents, and
to improve the accessibility of certain documents that they make available to
the public, by providing for those documents to use language that is—
(a) appropriate to the intended audience;
and
(b) clear, concise, and well organised.
plain language means
language that—
(a) the intended reader can easily
understand after 1 reading; and
(b) is clear, concise, and well-organised,
and follows recognised guidelines of plain language writing
In this Act, plain language means
language that is—
(a) appropriate to the intended audience;
and
(b) clear, concise, and well organised.
From <https://www.legislation.govt.nz/bill/member/2021/0070/latest/whole.html#DLM4357620>
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