Some local councils say using Latin is elitist and discriminatory because some people might not understand it
particularly if English is not their first language.
People who are angry about this sort of thing have never had a job in which they deal with the public. Every serious enterprise has guidelines demanding clarity and simplicity in communication.
>People who are angry about this sort of thing have never had a job in which they deal with the public.
Nice straw man there.
>Every serious enterprise has guidelines demanding clarity and simplicity in communication.
Yes, this doesn't change the fact that these Latin phrases have been in use for quite some time and are well known. Deliberate dumbing down to appease a small % is ultimately counter-productive. For instance, where do you draw the line? mono-syllabalic words? I'm sure you'd get pretty angry if your tax return was in explained in baby talk.
People are going to come in contact these phrases or words at some point in their lives, be it books, magazines or the Internet. Really is it that hard to look it up in a dictionary? Is our society already dumbed down enough to not care about the value of education and knowledge?
And people complain about the US...
> Nice straw man there.
i do not believe that "straw man" means what you think it means.
> Welcome to ENGLAND. Learn the language or GTFO.
And all this time I though they spoke English in England. Seems logical... I guess I'll have to start learning Latin... and just when i was so sure that all the native latin speakers were fucking dead!