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<blockquote data-quote="Nesikep" data-source="post: 1131958" data-attributes="member: 9096"><p>That was my point, vague language is so easy to twist.. Why is "legalese" the way it is? Firstly to prevent the commoner from understanding it, but as importantly so that it's meanings are exact (an attempt to be at least)</p><p></p><p>Insure and ensure have the same meanings in American english as any other, they're just always misused</p><p></p><p>If CCN is in fact exactly the same disease as PEM, I think we'd be better off using that name... it makes no reference to a very feared human disease. On the other hand, someone who doesn't know what it is will go look it up and do a half-@ssed job of reading, and we won't be around to correct them.. If we use PEM and explain it, we can be explicit about what it is... I guess it's 6 of one, half a dozen of the other.</p><p></p><p>Reminds me of another part of the same thread with NC Liz and someone else, asking "What plant produced the DDG" (that was supposedly high in sulfur)... Well, most anyone will understand exactly what that meant,.. as in "what plant made it", however NC Liz somehow interpreted it is as in "you produce your wallet", and that the plant that "produced" this DDG, had bought it from somewhere else. I'll go one step further on that one.. I think the plant that produced it was corn!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Nesikep, post: 1131958, member: 9096"] That was my point, vague language is so easy to twist.. Why is "legalese" the way it is? Firstly to prevent the commoner from understanding it, but as importantly so that it's meanings are exact (an attempt to be at least) Insure and ensure have the same meanings in American english as any other, they're just always misused If CCN is in fact exactly the same disease as PEM, I think we'd be better off using that name... it makes no reference to a very feared human disease. On the other hand, someone who doesn't know what it is will go look it up and do a half-@ssed job of reading, and we won't be around to correct them.. If we use PEM and explain it, we can be explicit about what it is... I guess it's 6 of one, half a dozen of the other. Reminds me of another part of the same thread with NC Liz and someone else, asking "What plant produced the DDG" (that was supposedly high in sulfur)... Well, most anyone will understand exactly what that meant,.. as in "what plant made it", however NC Liz somehow interpreted it is as in "you produce your wallet", and that the plant that "produced" this DDG, had bought it from somewhere else. I'll go one step further on that one.. I think the plant that produced it was corn! [/QUOTE]
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