Interesting Random Blog

I am a great believer of the KISS philosophy.
Now before you start hooting and whistling KISS or Keep It Simple, Stupid applies to any form of communication-be it writing a manual, a graphical user interface for a new software, a pamphlet, an announcement or even a post!

I think The British Council even has a group dedicated to promoting the use of simple English language amongst people. I think its message is needs to be spread especially in a country with a colonial mindest like India. Ever read college/university notices with the "HEREBY INFORMED" and the ultra-formal style of writing of office people? I think you will agree with me then.

The reason for me writing this is reading an interesting article from a random blog and with which i agree with completely- pontificate


It is absolutely impossible for men of ordinary intelligence to make up their minds to write as they think; they resent the idea of their work looking too simple. it would always be of some value, however, if they would only go honestly to work and in a simple way express the few and ordinary ideas they have really thought. But instead they try to appear to have thought much more deeply than is the case. the result is, they put what they have to say into forced and involved language, create new words and prolix periods which go round the thought and cover it up. They hesitate between the two attempts of communicating the thought and of concealing it. They want to make it look grand so that it has the appearance of being learned and profound, thereby giving one the idea that there is mych more in it than once perceives at the moment.
-Schopenhauer