[HN Gopher] Is linguistic inflation insanely awesome? (2012)
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       Is linguistic inflation insanely awesome? (2012)
        
       Author : danielam
       Score  : 14 points
       Date   : 2022-06-13 14:59 UTC (1 days ago)
        
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       | ggm wrote:
       | I 99.753% agree with this but they didn't deal with spurious
       | precision adequately
        
       | hirundo wrote:
       | When language is inflated you sometimes have to resort to
       | understatement for emphasis, e.g.
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       | "Ladies and Gentlemen, this is your captain speaking. We have a
       | small problem. All four engines have stopped." -- British Airways
       | Pilot Eric Moody's message to passengers over the tannoy when the
       | engines failed flying through a volcanic ash cloud
       | 
       | I've tried underpayment as a response to currency inflation but
       | it was less effective.
        
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