Kudos
Kudos. Kudos. Kudos. Please – don’t ever use that word around me. I don’t want to see “kudos” in an email, report, or letter to me. I don’t want to hear the word kudos , (or kudo) spoken to me. And I particularly don’t want to hear such expressions as “Great kudos to him/her for her work” – especially from a person who you know really doesn’t give a toss about the person they are talking about it. I find the word Kudos used mainly on American blogs where the writers can’t articulate themselves with more proper English, like.
“Procrastinate” – there’s another word that really annoys me. Wikipedia says: “Procrastination is a type of behavior which is characterized by deferment of actions or tasks to a later time.” So, why don’t people say “John decided to do his essay later” instead of “Johnny’s a real procrastinator – you won’t see that essay for weeks”? I think “procrastinate” is another word used by people with a limited imagination for straight forward communication. (See American blogs again for “over-use” of procrastinate in the steady spiralling downward release of our North American relatives from the Queen’s English).
I couldn’t complete this attack on language without mentioning the grossly over used expression – “I have a lot of time for him/her” What? WHAT? WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?? Are you a personal wrist watch/alarm clock maker for the person you are talking about? Do you, somehow, have the ability to create pockets/envelopes of “additional time” in some God like manner for the person you are talking about? Or are you trying to express your admiration about that person for something they have said/done etc? This completely inane statement drives me insane! Say what you mean – “I think that guy’s great because he…” etc – it’s not hard – it’s English! Save us from the Sound-Byte English Dictionary! Let’s just speak proper English again!
So, great kudos to you for working your way through this blog post. It’s true, I have procrastinated at some length over this issue, but I’ve got a lot of time for folks who’ve read the above……
