LINGUIST List 14.1687

Sat Jun 14 2003

Media: NYT: Jargon-identifying Software

Editor for this issue: Karen Milligan <karenlinguistlist.org>

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1. Karen Chung, NYT: Jargon-identifying software

 There's an article entitled:

 "Holy Change Agent! Consultants Edit Out Jargon"
 by Jonathan D. Glater

in the June 14, 2003 issue of the New York Times online.

 The article begins:

 The people blamed for incentivizing companies to repurpose, build
mindshare and utilize change agents have taken aim at their own lingo.

 Deloitte Consulting, an arm of the accounting firm Deloitte Touche
Tohmatsu, has developed a free software program, Bullfighter, that
identifies jargon in documents.

 The URL:

http://www.nytimes.com/2003/06/14/technology/14BULL.html?th

 The Deloitte Consulting Web site:

http://www.dc.com/bullfighter/


 Karen Steffen Chung
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