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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Anti BS Tool #106880 07/02/2003 1:35 AM Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 866 Perth, Western Australia stales old hand stales old hand Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 866 Perth, Western Australia Greetings All Heard yesterday of a freebie download designed to reduce the level of gobbledigook, PC- (politically correct) speak and discursiveness in one's text documents. [Bet it would just about hemorrhage if it was to run through JK Rowlings' latest offering!!] Have loaded it to my PC (computer in this instance!) at work and recommend it to you. Besides being a good tool it is also fun! Having scanned your document it presents a score and comments that are worth a read themselves! I always have time for people or products that don't take themselves seriously!! I know the purists among you have a problem with AWADers recommending commercial sites. In this instance I beg your forgiveness, I truly believe this product will be a delight to many among us. The application is called 'Bullfighter' and that's exactly what it does. The download embeds an icon and a small tools menu into your Office and Outlook tool bars so they're there ready to check the on-screen document whenever you like. You can read about it and/or get the download at http://www.dc.com/bullfighter. Unfortunately you have to endure a 2 minute corporate video while it loads, perhaps you could the time to go make a cuppa. Interested to hear what you think about it. stales Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Anti BS Tool #106881 07/02/2003 1:39 AM Joined: Jul 2002 Posts: 742 Akina sjm old hand sjm old hand Joined: Jul 2002 Posts: 742 Akina > Bullfighter runs only in Microsoft Word and PowerPoint 2000 and XP. Which is a real shame, as it sounded interesting. Odd that they would limit their potential client base so. edit They do have free screensavers, one of which sounds like fun. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Anti BS Tool #106882 07/02/2003 1:44 AM Joined: Oct 2000 Posts: 5,400 rego park of troy Carpal Tunnel of troy Carpal Tunnel Joined: Oct 2000 Posts: 5,400 rego park Give us a sample! include a word i heard coming from the mouth of a Brit expert on painting (on a PBS show called Antique Road Show) i think it is a copy of a similar BBC show. The expert refered to a woman as paintress- not a painter.. never heard that particular one before! my other obsession Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Give us a Sample! #106883 07/02/2003 2:23 AM Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 866 Perth, Western Australia stales old hand stales old hand Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 866 Perth, Western Australia <<lifted from their screen saver as ALL my documents are, of course, bull free!!>> "Incentivise:- Egregious consulting jargon, maybe the worst word in this dictionary. Congratulations, you're a serious consultant. Other consultants will admire your grasp of terms such as 'incentivise'. Your clients will probably nod and flee." (Refers to the dictionary embedded in the program - to which you can add your personal favourite hate words/phrases). stales Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Incentivise #106884 07/02/2003 10:24 AM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Why even the most hidebound descriptivist would use this egregious neologism when we have the perfectly good incent is beyond me. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Incentivise #106885 07/02/2003 11:46 AM Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 1,692 UK dxb Pooh-Bah dxb Pooh-Bah Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 1,692 UK Sounds like you're quite incensed. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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