Those of you who work in offices will be well aware of certain peoples tendencies to lapse into managerial speak, such as "moving forward" instead of "hopeless gambit", or "spearheading" instead of "blatently stealing someone elses thunder and claiming all the credit for it".
In other news I am moving forward in spearheading a new campaign to replace the frankly ridiculous Twothousandand prefix that we've been using for the past few years, and replace it with the far more sensible Twenty. We've been living under a mass delusion since the new millenium that we had made the right choice, and well frankly, we were wrong. This delusion has affected, nay damaged all of our lives, and it was time that we took stock of the impact that it has had, and make amends.
Seriously, say it out loud: Twothousandandfive
Then try: Twentyohfive.
See? More concise, fewer syllables, and much more suitable for a certain Radio 4 newsreader that I most certainly did not nick this revelation from. Use it. Use it tomorrow.
Oh, and sorry there's no pic. I've been on the vino and it would only turn out blurred anyway.
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Beware, Kouros: you're on the slippery slope to extolling the virtues of NewSpeak. Quick! Commit some thought-crimes to save your sanity!
Despite sounding suspiciously American, I tend to say 'Two Thousand Five'. Same number of syllables as 'Twenty Oh Five'.
I'm sorry - twenty-oh-five sounds silly.
I do believe that a certain someone already spearheaded this one
That was almost two whole years ago (give or take a few months) - how was I supposed to remember that?
Then again... how did you remember that? Blimey! Well done that girl!
's alright chaps, I stalk everybody - not just Simon :)
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