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Old 07-06-2008, 10:32 PM
Taltarzac
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Default Re: Rosetta Stone Language Instruction

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Originally Posted by Muncle
Niccolo Machiavelli

No reason at all. Just thought it was time to change. I did so rather late at night and was feeling a tad princely.

On, and FYI, there is no known translator of governmentese to common English, primarily because governmentese is not consistent from one department to another. As many bureaucrats will reluctantly admit, it is often very difficult for people from different agencies to communicate.
Machiavelli. I thought he looked familiar, Muncle. ;D

Think many bureaucrats and lawyers find it is in their best interest to be as abstruse as possible. That is to say-- they like to give the impression that they are the only ones who can read the animal entrails, tea leaves, or whatever as this seems to have been going on since before Solomon.