A Nation Tries to Banish Jargon. If Only it Were That Simple
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During a recent session of New Zealand’s parliament, government lawmaker Sarah Pallett rose to recite “I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud” by William Wordsworth, a poem that used literary language to describe going for a walk and seeing daffodils.
“Good old Wordsworth,” Ms. Pallett said. “But that is the place for flowery, inaccessible language—in poetry and literature, and not in government legislation.”
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