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‘I Know My Acronyms’ Score-sheet
‘On the ground’ QUESTIONS
Tot up your score and read on for our professional advice:
Ok, so maybe you scored excellently in the ‘I Know My Acronyms’ Quiz, but how well are you understood by regular people? Translate the following to see how ‘on the ground’ you really are! Dubliners should get all 17 of the following right (Miss just one and it’s time to run your lamps over your linguistic skills); a respectable score for anyone outside the Pale would be 9 or 10. (Answers at bottom of page).
Zero: Welcome to the Community Development sector! Between 1-10 right: No worries, just be assertive: Make sure any serious jargonuser spells out what they’re saying until you pick up more lingo. Say you’ll burst them with a SIM if they don’t cooperate.
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Between 10-20: You like Community Development or else you can’t get out! Stick with it, you’re half-way there. Between 20-35: You’re in the right job alright, though if you scored close to 35 it might be time to take a break or a long holiday. Between 35-39: You must be a net contributor to jargon-pollution. Or perhaps you are one of the clever and sensitive professionals who use the jargon where necessary, spelling out acronyms when speaking to groups, and using lingo purely to speak up on behalf of the downtrodden. If so, well done!
‘On the ground’ ANSWERS
All 40 right: Well, we all need to know a few acronyms, but now it’s time you went down to the local pub to see if you’re still able to speak English. Jargon-pollution is like carbon-pollution: we all have a role to play in reducing the damage.
changing ireland
Whats de story? On the hop On the never never He's gone for his tea I knew him when he hadn't an arse to his trousers. I will in me hat It was like throwing apples into an orchard I've a mouth on me I've a throat on me That fella'd skin a fart Watch yer house Sparrow fart Where would yeh be goin' an' no bell on your bike Yoke-eh-me-bob Get outta that garden! Cheese on your chin Ya legend
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What’s up? Playing truant from school Hire purchase Someone killed or after dying I knew him when he was poor No, I won't It was a stupid thing to do I'm hungry I'm thirsty That person will do anything for money Be careful! Someone or something small Phrase used to seek explanation for action A name that can be given to any object Exclamation of disbelief Your fly is open! Compliment on a job well done.
11/18/07
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*ISSUE 23 28PG
what would you be doing right now if you were not literate?