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"We're all on the same page"
What is a non-boring, non-cliché form of "Let's just make sure that we're all on the same page here" that has the same connotations?
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The following article was taken from
http://www.plainenglish.co.uk/pressrelease.
At the end of the day . . . we're fed up with clichés.
Plain English supporters around the world have voted 'At the end of the day' as the most irritating phrase in the language. Second place in the vote was shared by 'At this moment in time' and the constant use of 'like' as if it were a form of punctuation. 'With all due respect' came fourth.
The Campaign surveyed its 5 000 supporters in more than 70 countries as part of the build-up to its 25th anniversary. The independent pressure group was launched on 26 July 1979.
Spokesman John Lister said over-used phrases were a barrier to communication. 'When readers or listeners come across these tired expressions, they start tuning out and completely miss the message ? assuming there is one! Using these terms in daily business is about as professional as wearing a novelty tie or having a wacky ringtone on your phone.
'George Orwell's advice from 1946 is still worth following: 'Never use a metaphor, simile, or other figure of speech which you are used to seeing in print.'
The following terms also received multiple nominations:
24/7, around (in place of 'about'); awesome; ballpark figure; basically; basis ('on a weekly basis' in place of 'weekly' and so on); bear with me; between a rock and a hard place; blue sky
; boggles the mind; bottom line; crack troops; epicentre (used incorrectly); glass half full (or half empty); going forward; I hear what you're saying; in terms of . . . ; it's not rocket science; literally; move the goal-posts; ongoing; prioritise; pushing the envelope; singing from the same hymn sheet; the fact of the matter is; thinking outside the box; to be honest/to be honest with you/to be perfectly honest; touch base; up to (in place of 'about'); value-added (in general use); absolutely; address the issue.
TIA
The following article was taken from
http://www.plainenglish.co.uk/pressrelease.
At the end of the day . . . we're fed up with clichés.
Plain English supporters around the world have voted 'At the end of the day' as the most irritating phrase in the language. Second place in the vote was shared by 'At this moment in time' and the constant use of 'like' as if it were a form of punctuation. 'With all due respect' came fourth.
The Campaign surveyed its 5 000 supporters in more than 70 countries as part of the build-up to its 25th anniversary. The independent pressure group was launched on 26 July 1979.
Spokesman John Lister said over-used phrases were a barrier to communication. 'When readers or listeners come across these tired expressions, they start tuning out and completely miss the message ? assuming there is one! Using these terms in daily business is about as professional as wearing a novelty tie or having a wacky ringtone on your phone.
'George Orwell's advice from 1946 is still worth following: 'Never use a metaphor, simile, or other figure of speech which you are used to seeing in print.'
The following terms also received multiple nominations:
24/7, around (in place of 'about'); awesome; ballpark figure; basically; basis ('on a weekly basis' in place of 'weekly' and so on); bear with me; between a rock and a hard place; blue sky
; boggles the mind; bottom line; crack troops; epicentre (used incorrectly); glass half full (or half empty); going forward; I hear what you're saying; in terms of . . . ; it's not rocket science; literally; move the goal-posts; ongoing; prioritise; pushing the envelope; singing from the same hymn sheet; the fact of the matter is; thinking outside the box; to be honest/to be honest with you/to be perfectly honest; touch base; up to (in place of 'about'); value-added (in general use); absolutely; address the issue.Top answer
[/nq] Will those not in agreement step over to the plank, please? {snipped} john
- [/nq] Will those not in agreement step over to the plank, please?
- {snipped} john
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[nq:1]What is a non-boring, non-cliché form of "Let's just make sure that we're all on the same page here" that has the same connotations?[/nq]
Will those not in agreement step over to the plank, please?
{snipped}
john
Will those not in agreement step over to the plank, please?
{snipped}
john
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[nq:2]What is a non-boring, non-cliché form of "Let's just make sure that we're all on the same page here" that has the same connotations?[/nq]
[nq:1]Will those not in agreement step over to the plank, please?[/nq]
D'accord!
[nq:1]Will those not in agreement step over to the plank, please?[/nq]
D'accord!
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[nq:2]What is a non-boring, non-cliché form of "Let's just make sure that we're all on the same page here" that has the same connotations?[/nq]
Any worthwhile alternative to a cliché will, in it's turn, become a cliché.
Hence the theory of Continuous Creation.
John W Hall (Email Removed)
Cochrane, Alberta, Canada.
"Helping People Prosper in the Information Age"
Any worthwhile alternative to a cliché will, in it's turn, become a cliché.
Hence the theory of Continuous Creation.
John W Hall (Email Removed)
Cochrane, Alberta, Canada.
"Helping People Prosper in the Information Age"
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[nq:1]What is a non-boring, non-cliché form of "Let's just make sure that we're all on the same page here" that has the same connotations?[/nq]
"We're all on the same page but some of us are looking at the gutter."
"We're all on the same page but some of us are looking at the gutter."
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[nq:1]Any worthwhile alternative to a cliché will, in it's turn, become a cliché. Hence the theory of Continuous Creation.[/nq]
Did it replace, or was it replaced by, "wavelength" and "ballpark"?
Steve Hayes from Tshwane, South Africa
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/7734/st
Did it replace, or was it replaced by, "wavelength" and "ballpark"?
Steve Hayes from Tshwane, South Africa
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/7734/st
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[nq:1]"We're all on the same page but some of us are looking at the gutter."[/nq]
And the pig got up and slowly walked away.
Matti
And the pig got up and slowly walked away.
Matti
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Jess Askin biomed:
[nq:2]What is a non-boring, non-cliché form of "Let's just make sure that we're all on the same page here" that has the same connotations?[/nq]
[nq:1]"We're all on the same page but some of us are looking at the gutter."[/nq]
You would probably appreciate the picture on the calendar on my kitchen wall. It shows a bunch of people lying in the gutter. Some of them are
[nq:2]What is a non-boring, non-cliché form of "Let's just make sure that we're all on the same page here" that has the same connotations?[/nq]
[nq:1]"We're all on the same page but some of us are looking at the gutter."[/nq]
You would probably appreciate the picture on the calendar on my kitchen wall. It shows a bunch of people lying in the gutter. Some of them are
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[nq:1]Jess Askin biomed:[/nq]
[nq:2]"We're all on the same page but some of us are looking at the gutter."[/nq]
[nq:1]You would probably appreciate the picture on the calendar on my kitchen wall. It shows a bunch of people lying ... at pictures of film stars. Now that I think of it, that's the October picture. Time to turn the page.[/nq]
I can't wait to hear what it is.
[nq:2]"We're all on the same page but some of us are looking at the gutter."[/nq]
[nq:1]You would probably appreciate the picture on the calendar on my kitchen wall. It shows a bunch of people lying ... at pictures of film stars. Now that I think of it, that's the October picture. Time to turn the page.[/nq]
I can't wait to hear what it is.
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Jess Askin biomed:
[nq:2]Jess Askin biomed: You would probably appreciate the picture on ... it, that's the October picture. Time to turn the page.[/nq]
[nq:1]I can't wait to hear what it is.[/nq]
The November one is not particularly quotable. Thinking back to earlier months, I think there was a big rally of "Nude ducks for peace" early in the year, and a little later there was an exch
[nq:2]Jess Askin biomed: You would probably appreciate the picture on ... it, that's the October picture. Time to turn the page.[/nq]
[nq:1]I can't wait to hear what it is.[/nq]
The November one is not particularly quotable. Thinking back to earlier months, I think there was a big rally of "Nude ducks for peace" early in the year, and a little later there was an exch
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[nq:1]The November one is not particularly quotable. Thinking back to earlier months, I think there was a big rally of ... an acquired taste. Some people think he's Australia's best cartoonist by a large margin. Others don't understand him at all.[/nq]
For some strange reason he reminds me of Piddy (or vice versa).
Richard Bollard
Canberra, Australia
And now a word from our sponso
For some strange reason he reminds me of Piddy (or vice versa).
Richard Bollard
Canberra, Australia
And now a word from our sponso
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