Plain English Day (Dec 2)

   Yesterday was Plain English Day.

   "Rumsfeld wins 'Foot in Mouth' award"
      < http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/s1001495.htm >
   US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld won the award for this gem:
   "Reports that say that something hasn't happened are always interesting to me,
    because as we know, there are known knowns; there are things we know we know.
    We also know there are known unknowns; that is to say we know there are some
    things we do not know. But there are also unknown unknowns - the ones we don't
    know we don't know."

   The following effort by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger was also a contender:
   "I think that gay marriage is something that should be between a man and a
    woman"


   The Plain English Campaign Awards
      < http://www.plainenglish.co.uk/awards.html >
   Sections:
   * Plain English (the open category)
     < http://www.plainenglish.co.uk/peawards.html >
   * Inside Write (for internal government documents)
     < http://www.plainenglish.co.uk/insidewrite.html >
   * Media (for radio, television and newspapers)
     < http://www.plainenglish.co.uk/mediaawards.html >
   * Golden Bulls (for gobbledygook)
     < http://www.plainenglish.co.uk/goldenbull.html >
   * Foot in Mouth (for a baffling quote by a public figure)
     < http://www.plainenglish.co.uk/footinmouth.html >