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Post by Deleted on Jan 27, 2013 12:41:32 GMT
I am getting tired of perfectly acceptable old words being replaced by new terms.
Just three examples at the moment, but I hope that others will add more:
Nature is replaced more and more often by biodiversity.
Jungles have become rain forests.
Transportation has become logistics.
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Post by mossie on Jan 27, 2013 17:34:48 GMT
I quite agree. Logistics was a new one to me, I wondered where all those logs had to go (besides telling sailors how fast they were going)
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Post by Deleted on Jan 27, 2013 17:37:22 GMT
I learned about logistics working with the cargo agencies at the airport. They all had 'transport' or 'transportation' in their name and then all of a sudden, in the space of about 3 years, 90% of them changed their name to something with 'logistics' in it.
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Post by nutraxfornerves on Jan 27, 2013 17:41:29 GMT
That strikes me as weird. The two words are not at all synonymous. I'm having trouble thinking of an instance where "nature" would be a suitable substitute for "biodiversity."
"A rainforest is a good place to observe nature" does not mean the same thing as "a rainforest is a good place to observe biodiversity."
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Post by Deleted on Jan 27, 2013 17:48:05 GMT
And that's the whole point -- very often the new word doesn't even fit! But not so rarely, you will see articles praising the "excellent biodiversity" of a place rather than the "natural beauty."
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Post by bjd on Jan 27, 2013 18:51:41 GMT
And logistics doesn't just mean transport --
According to Merriam-Webster: 1 : the aspect of military science dealing with the procurement, maintenance, and transportation of military matériel, facilities, and personnel 2 : the handling of the details of an operation
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Post by mich64 on Jan 28, 2013 2:06:36 GMT
Yes, I began my career in the "transportation industry" and when I left, everything about it was worded "logistics" and we were chastised if we mistakenly used the word transportation.
Oh, and my title changed to an "Operations Manager".
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Post by lagatta on Feb 4, 2013 19:08:07 GMT
A rain forest isn't necessarily a jungle either. There are huge rainforests in Northwestern North America - and specific, very sophisticated Indigenous cultures - but they aren't jungles. And not just because they are cooler. There are tropical rainforests in the Amazon basin, for example.
The rainforest has a thick canopy of trees and very little light gets through, so there is much less growth of smaller plants on the forest floor.
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Post by mossie on Feb 4, 2013 19:35:23 GMT
Title changes could be useful. Once upon a time I was an Area Agent, and my title was changed to Production and Distribution Manager. My duties were exactly the same, there was a "pay freeze" imposed by government, but of course my new grander job went with a higher salary. As the saying goes "There is more than one way to skin a rabbit"
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Post by Deleted on Feb 4, 2013 20:01:27 GMT
In France, the job title of cleaning people is now "surface technicians."
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Post by Deleted on Mar 4, 2013 15:02:52 GMT
I see that "logistics" is already falling out of favour. Several transportation? logistics? companies are now tacking "supply chain solutions" on to their names.
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Post by lugg on Mar 4, 2013 20:25:06 GMT
" surface technician " - what a great term , it describes exactly my housekeeping mantra. I ignore the dust balls and other shite under the furniture and other hidden places.
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Post by bixaorellana on Mar 5, 2013 0:43:47 GMT
Lugg, there is stuff under there??!
Whoops.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 19, 2013 5:15:13 GMT
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Post by mossie on Apr 19, 2013 18:21:11 GMT
There is also "barista" which mustn't be confused with barrister
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Post by nautiker on Apr 30, 2013 9:10:49 GMT
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