joe jenett
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Shady Characters
The secret life of punctuation.
Why a Tittle?
A blog dedicated entirely to documenting inappropriate dotting of "I"s in otherwise capitalised words.
Words to the Wise: Language and the Journal Sentinel
A language blog from the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.
Readability Guidelines
Imagine a collaboratively developed, universal content style guide, based on usability evidence.
The Elements of Bureaucratic Style
I’m currently reading The Sense of Style by Steven Pinker, and it resonates nicely with this article on the numbing effect of the bureaucratic style exemplified in phrases like “officer-involved shooting.”
Watching the cell phone videos of the assault has, for most people, the immediate effect of provoking outrage and awakening a desire for justice. The purpose of bureaucratic speech is to dull these responses. It suggests your outrage is not worth it, that it’s fine to go back to what you were doing, that it’s best to move along and mind your own business.