Ruminations of an Expatriate

It has taken only four months since Fed Chair Bernanke indicated there were “green shoots” appearing in an otherwise barren economy for the term to reach cliche status. That must be a record for descent into clichehood.

It’s to the point that, like when I encounter the word “paradigm” or the terms “think outside the box”, “push the envelope”, “learning curve”, “sea change”, “tectonic shift”, or “stakeholders” I cease reading whatever it is I am reading.

And while I’m at it, the improper use of compound pronouns, such as “Earl and myself went…” or “when completed return to myself”, the use of “that” when “than” is appropriate, and the redundancy of “past history” really grate at the grammatical sensibilities years ago instilled in me by some really good English composition instructors.

Rant concluded.

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