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The
CFBA support the tenets of the Plain English Society
Below is an excellent article that truly describes the asphyxiation of quality
canine behaviour and training knowledge in Britain today.
 Jargon
is the bane of many professions and threatens to
overwhelm many and is propagated by its greatest
supporters –
the mystery makers. It is the antithesis of good teaching
and hinders what can be delivered in plain English.
Jargon unfortunately, is often misused. I do not refer
to technical error, but to the conscious decision to
impress or browbeat an audience unfamiliar with it,
in the expectation that none will dare to expose his
ignorance of it.
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Even
worse is the case when the speaker or writer himself
does not understand what the jargon means, whether
he has never learned to distinguish true comprehension
from intellectual masturbation, or whether he so
despises his audience that he knows he can take it
for a ride.
Abuse of jargon - is a tool for the peddler of miracle cure-all oil, for the
man who sees the world divided into smart wise men like himself and fools the
audience. It daunts the naïve and foolish, and keeps he, the imparter, on
a pedestal.
Courses
speak goes beyond simple jargon. It is a special
style whereby the banal and the obvious are re-expressed
in a manner that is too vague to be challenged and
yet portentous enough to excite those who lack the
power to analyse it and God only knows we have lots
of them (wannabes).
Why else promulgate behaviour-speak if not to weed out those stupid enough to
fall for it, so that they deselect themselves from top behaviour expertise and
forever not understanding dog, behaviour & training.
CFBA: Communications officer
C Harvey, Edgar.
C Tennant
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