I'm glad you like it. I have done a lot of reading in the 70+ years since I learned how. Lots of fiction and non-fiction and never read or heard the term. It was especially surprising that I never encountered the term in extensive reading on economics where it would seem to apply most directly. The purpose of language is to facilitate co…
I'm glad you like it. I have done a lot of reading in the 70+ years since I learned how. Lots of fiction and non-fiction and never read or heard the term. It was especially surprising that I never encountered the term in extensive reading on economics where it would seem to apply most directly. The purpose of language is to facilitate communication and understanding. When addressing an audience that is somewhat diverse it is best to use clear and easily understandable language.
I would file it under jargon. I’ve heard it used extensively in medical ethics, but there are a lot of unusual Greek and Latin words you find in the medical vocabulary but nowhere else.
In general, I think Sensible Medicine is intelligible to a lay audience, but sometimes they don’t even realize that what they’re saying is not part of a normal person’s vocabulary.
I love words! They are little packets of emotion and/or centuries of human endeavor! English is such a malleable language which is a blessing and a curse. Some years ago, I took some French classes. In comparison, French is rigid and word bound.
Perhaps American English, anyway, reflects the lives of Americans—inventive, creative—not willing to accept the status quo.
I'm glad you like it. I have done a lot of reading in the 70+ years since I learned how. Lots of fiction and non-fiction and never read or heard the term. It was especially surprising that I never encountered the term in extensive reading on economics where it would seem to apply most directly. The purpose of language is to facilitate communication and understanding. When addressing an audience that is somewhat diverse it is best to use clear and easily understandable language.
I would file it under jargon. I’ve heard it used extensively in medical ethics, but there are a lot of unusual Greek and Latin words you find in the medical vocabulary but nowhere else.
In general, I think Sensible Medicine is intelligible to a lay audience, but sometimes they don’t even realize that what they’re saying is not part of a normal person’s vocabulary.
I love words! They are little packets of emotion and/or centuries of human endeavor! English is such a malleable language which is a blessing and a curse. Some years ago, I took some French classes. In comparison, French is rigid and word bound.
Perhaps American English, anyway, reflects the lives of Americans—inventive, creative—not willing to accept the status quo.