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restingpedant

jargonauts

Jun 09, 2008 00:43

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jermynsavile June 9 2008, 05:34:43 UTC

Have you come across going forward yet? As in, "This is our plan, going forward." I must hear that about twenty times a day at the moment.

Have always found Henry Green a rather taxing writer, despite the lack of syllables. I had the same problem with Firbank. I lose my way. Perhaps I should try again? Going forward, of course.

restingpedant June 9 2008, 08:36:34 UTC

Yes, I hear going forward all the time too. I would really start listening to someone who promised to implement their plans facing backwards. People keep talking about the functionality of stuff lately, and I have my doubts about that.

I love Henry Green's books, especially Party Going. Firbank is hard to read, isn't he, but such an interesting person. One of those writers who invent styles and modes for others to come along and do better, probably. Vile Bodies is very Firbankish, I think.

jermynsavile June 9 2008, 18:47:29 UTC

And organisational capability has been a phrase for a while, but gather that it is about to be overtaken by organisational effectiveness. I gather it means much the same thing, only probably © by a different business guru.

I mourn the loss of step change, which flickered into life one summer on gossamer wings and was dead and gone by autumn.

I shall give Henry Green another go. Agree with every word you say on Firbank.

metapho June 9 2008, 11:57:03 UTC

I went to look up what 'across the piece/piste' might mean and ended up here:

http://forum.wordreference.com/showthread.php?t=765153

(Not relevant at all, but I did hear probable new England football captain Rio Ferdinand saying that 'someone needs to step forward and take up the mantlepiece'. Presumably he meant mantle, but who knows. Maybe he was just planning to do some DIY.)

restingpedant June 9 2008, 23:05:10 UTC

Ferdinand is saying that the next manager needs to adopt a crisp, clean approach, much as the post-war owners of Victorian and Edwardian houses in the 1950s and 60s favoured a more minimal, functional environment and would nail flat boards over panelled doors, rip out old, ornate fireplaces and mantelpieces, etc, to achieve a modern look. If I know my sports business management terminology, that's what he's saying there.