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A quotation from Kurt Vonnegut
People have to talk about something just to keep their voice boxes in working order, so they’ll have good voice boxes in case there’s ever anything really meaningful to say.Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. (1922-2007) American novelist, journalist
Cat’s Cradle, ch. 76 [Castle] (1963)
Sourcing, notes: wist.info/vonnegut-kurt-jr/784…
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Monday's theory verbiage pick-of-the-day:
appearance management
As a wage-slave at a large corporation, this is glorious and hits uncomfortably close:
"Garbage Language: Why Do Corporations Speak The Way They Do?", Vulture (https://www.vulture.com/2020/02/spread-of-corporate-speak.html).
#Language #GarbageLanguage #CorpSpeak #StartUps #Communication #Verbiage