LINGUIST List 16.1229: BBC: 'Geek speak' confuses net users

LINGUIST List 16.1229
Mon Apr 18 2005 Media: BBC: 'Geek speak' confuses net users Editor for this issue: Steven Moran <stevelinguistlist.org>
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Directory 1. Karen Chung, BBC: 'Geek speak' confuses net users Message 1: BBC: 'Geek speak' confuses net users
Date: 17-Apr-2005 From: Karen Chung <karchungntu.edu.tw> Subject: BBC: 'Geek speak' confuses net users BBC News, UK edition Wednesday, 6 April, 2005 'Geek speak' confuses net users The average home computer user is bamboozled by technology jargon which is used to warn people about the most serious security threats online. Many are often left vulnerable because they have no idea what they are supposed to be protecting themselves against, a survey for AOL UK has found. Confusing 'geek speak' used by experts and media included 'phishing', 'rogue dialler', 'Trojan' and 'spyware'. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/4413155.stm Karen Steffen Chung http://ccms.ntu.edu.tw/~karchung/ http://lists.topica.com/lists/phonetics/ Linguistic Field(s): General Linguistics Respond to list\|Read more issues\|LINGUIST home page\|Top of issue

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