Am just now reading ‘Plain Talk About Plain Speech,’ an article in a recent Inside Higher Ed. This, this is what gives me hope that I may survive in academe. Few things turn me off more about my chosen field than unnecessary jargon. Well, one thing maybe: its unnecessary overvaluation.
If I can continue treating academic speech as, you know, every other form of speech (perhaps of a slightly different register) and still contribute to Knowledge Work(tm), that will rule. If not… well, then I won’t last, and the issue will be irrelevant.
But the reason you might want to read the article is that it’s damn funny.
