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dotti34 · 13-05-2021, 02:11

There is an over-used sentence that accompanies just about every speech a politician over here (usually the PM) makes regarding a new project or scheme, and that is ‘this will create (insert here any number that comes to mind, it’s usually 30,000) jobs’. They never fail to say this and it has become very boring, part of the rhetoric used, just bulldust. How they work out the number of jobs is anyone’s business. When I listen to such an announcement I know these words will follow. It’s a sort of a carrot before the donkey to make it sound good - and if anyone believes it then they really are a donkey.

13-05-2021, 02:11	#20
dotti34 Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 1,182 Blog Entries: 80 Liked: 1471 times Rep Power: 634154	Re: Which Words Are The Most Overworked In The English Language? There is an over-used sentence that accompanies just about every speech a politician over here (usually the PM) makes regarding a new project or scheme, and that is ‘this will create (insert here any number that comes to mind, it’s usually 30,000) jobs’. They never fail to say this and it has become very boring, part of the rhetoric used, just bulldust. How they work out the number of jobs is anyone’s business. When I listen to such an announcement I know these words will follow. It’s a sort of a carrot before the donkey to make it sound good - and if anyone believes it then they really are a donkey.