Feb 19, 2023
Read any property 'literature' lately? Then you'll be familiar with a language renowned for its strangulated syntax, peculiar vocabulary and relentless euphemism, writes Steven Poole
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Read any property 'literature' lately? Then you'll be familiar with a language renowned for its strangulated syntax, peculiar vocabulary and relentless euphemism, writes Steven Poole
A linguist explains why we use words at work we’d never use elsewhere.