Dumbing Down?

[Arturo Bassick]

I am all for the plain English campaign, but surely there comes a point when they are simply dumbing down.
I fail to see how the use of words like "precipitation" in a weather forecast can be determined as "bull".
English is a wonderful language and should be used to its full extent without being overly obfuscated.

BBC News - Met Office 'gobbledygook' awarded

 

[original PM]

It's only baffling to filthy pikey scum - but then all they need to know is whether or not they will get wet when they go to get their dole cheque/rob a car - and lets be honest we do not really care about that do we!!

 

[doodab]

It's tempting to post them a dictionary isn't it.

****wits. Is that plain enough?

 

[TinTrump]

As I live in a city where the council struggles with the use of apostrophes in street signs, I'm not surprised.

 

[Mich the Tester]

It's only baffling to filthy pikey scum - but then all they need to know is whether or not they will get wet when they go to get their dole cheque/rob a car - and lets be honest we do not really care about that do we!!

I do. I believe dole cheques should only be handed out on very rainy days.