In meetings (from memory, now retired I don't have to suffer this wankpuffery any more).
Let us dig down to the real issues
Translation: You aren't a f***ing coal miner, what you are is a waste of space...
The assignments are written but much of the language they use is laughably bad for Scientific Papers. I can only presume they speak that way as well.
We clearly are not going to agree so I am going to leave this thread.
No, I still work all over the UK and am an HPL at a London University. No-one that I deal with, except the odd Student, uses them.
I mark down my Students when they use colloquial Language in their Assignments and put it in their Feedback.
I'm a Sidesman at my Local Church and have never...
My pet hate is the lazy way language on the radio and TV is now acceptable from presenters - e.g. I wunna/gunna
NO you want to and you are going to... :angry: