{"id":418,"date":"2009-09-15T11:13:29","date_gmt":"2009-09-15T11:13:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.language-museum.com\/blog\/?p=418"},"modified":"2009-10-13T14:36:32","modified_gmt":"2009-10-13T14:36:32","slug":"mangling-the-language","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.language-museum.com\/blog\/2009\/09\/15\/mangling-the-language\/","title":{"rendered":"Mangling the language"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A new poll has exposed those who mangle the English language.<\/p>\n<p>Inspired by the British based <a href=\"http:\/\/www.plainenglish.co.uk\/\">Plain English Campaign<\/a>, the online poll voted former US president <a href=\"http:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/about\/presidents\/georgewbush\/\">George Bush<\/a> number one for this contribution:<br \/>\n<em>\u201cOur enemies are innovative and resourceful and so are we. They never stop thinking about new ways to harm our country and our people, and neither do we.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Bush also takes the number nine spot with <em>\u201cI know what I believe. I will continue to articulate what I believe and what I believe \u2013 I believe what I believe is right&#8221;.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>OK then. The poll highlights one of the most important things in language acquisition \u2013 making yourself understood. The quotes above show that even people whose job it is to make themselves understood can make mistakes. So keep on trying and remember: make yourself clear! <\/p>\n<p>See the full top ten <a href=\"http:\/\/www.smh.com.au\/lifestyle\/people\/monstering-the-language-the-winners-are-20090910-fi0c.html\">here<\/a>. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A new poll has exposed those who mangle the English language. Inspired by the British based Plain English Campaign, the online poll voted former US president George Bush number one for this contribution: \u201cOur enemies are innovative and resourceful and so are we. They never stop thinking about new ways to harm our country and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,27,40],"tags":[281,51,279,282,278,280],"class_list":["post-418","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english","category-hints-and-tips","category-language-acquisition","tag-george-bush","tag-language","tag-language-poll","tag-plain-english-campaign","tag-poll","tag-quotes"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.language-museum.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/418","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.language-museum.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.language-museum.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.language-museum.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.language-museum.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=418"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.language-museum.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/418\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":419,"href":"http:\/\/www.language-museum.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/418\/revisions\/419"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.language-museum.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=418"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.language-museum.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=418"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.language-museum.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=418"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}