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15 Law Notes Gen. Prac. [i] (1979)

handle is hein.journals/lwntgen15 and id is 1 raw text is: Published by the American Bar Association's Section of General Practice Winter 1979 The Editor's Viewpoint Bruce E. Davis 1. WITS AND WORDS (Revisited) Our Winter 1975 issue included references to Ed- win Newman's book, Strictly Speaking (Bobbs-Mer- rill). The television commentator, anchorman, host, writer, and critic, commented in his book about the decline of the English language, including this ref- erence to business language: Gulf Oil used to speak of one of the most unique road- ways ever built, which of course helped Gulf to be ready for what it so long claimed to be ready for-Whatever the work there is to be done. Altman in New York adver- tises sweaters that are definitely for a young junior; Cartier believes that a memorandum pad, a stationery holder, and a pencil cup make a triumvirate. Chairman and Editor BRUCE E. DAVIS, Bethlehem. PA Business language takes many forms. Camaraderie: Us Tareyton smokers would rather fight than switch. Pomposity: When Morgan Guaranty Trust announced that negotiable securities worth $13,000,000 were missing from its vaults, it said, A thorough preliminary search for the securities has been made, and a further search is now being made. All it needed to say was, We're looking for them-if indeed it couldn't expect its distinguished clients to take for granted that it was looking. Recently, I spoke to the business school of a large, midwestern university. In part, I discussed the decline in the emphasis on communications skills at our col- leges and universities. My remarks included the fre- quent sentence fillers, such as Ya' know,-right- say, man-like, you gotta, used by our educators and our educated. Occasionally, I, like you, am referred to as a word mechanic. I, like you, am teased about the use of whereas and wherefore. On balance, I submit that our profession does better with the English lan- guage than most-but there is more room for im- provement! I concluded my comments to the business students as follows: (continued on next page) LAW NOTES FOR THE GENERAL PRACTITIONER Vice-Chairman and Managing Editor DUKE NORDLINGER STERN, Charleston, WV Vice-Chairmen and Associate Editors At-Large RICHARD P. McLAUGHLIN JAMES R. PHELPS F. WALLACE POPE, JR. Administrative Law Domenico J. Alfano Walter Jensen. Jr. Antitrust Richard K. Decker J. Edward Betts Commnercial Francis J. Larkin Guy K. Tower Contracts Sidney L. Krawitz Thurston R. Moore Corporate Robert M. Westberg Douglas F. MacPhail Criminal William 0. Bittman Andrew Sonner Domestic Relations Ralph J. Podell Stephen D. Taylor Economics of Practice Kline D. Strong Editorial Board Estate Planning/Probate Marvin A. Cohen William C. Weinsheimer Labor William B. Spann, Jr. George C. Rozmarin Miscellaneous Leonard Kopelman Robert Russell Stobbs Natural Resources/Environmiental Norman T. Farley Delby B. Stobbs Patent. Trademark & Copyright Edward F. McKie. Jr. James W. Geriak Real Estate Kenneth G. Rush William J. Stewart Taxation C. Dale McClain Marjorie O'Connell Amey Trial Harry Sabbath Bodin Hullihen W. Moore I Copyright @ 1979 American Bar AssociationPrdcdbthABPes Vol. 15, No. 1 33 pages Produced by the ABA Press LAW NOTES for the General Practitioner

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