Monthly Archives: August 2013
can we drop the TLAs please?
Don’t know what a TLA is? I rest my case. . . . Oh you’d like me to say more? Well this is a subject that I have been known to get on a soapbox about. A TLA is the … Continue reading
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Tagged Acronym, brevity in writing, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Three Letter Acronym, TLA, writing
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do you need to be stationary to buy stationery?
No-one has ever been able to convince me that the English language is straightforward. Many have said it must be easy if three-year olds can speak it. And yes they can, to a point, as do we all. But the … Continue reading
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Tagged bids, challenge, English language, language, proposals, words, wordsmiths, writing
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recalcitrant teenager or knowing a good thing when you see it?
I like seagulls, or rather gulls as they should be called. Don’t get me wrong, I know that they are loud, they dive bomb you for no apparent reason, they love to return a lovingly cleaned car to its previous … Continue reading
how often do you answer the wrong question?
When getting feedback from clients on bid or proposal documents a frequent comment made is that the decision makers and evaluators didn’t really understand the solution or service as described or even, in some circumstances, that they didn’t feel that … Continue reading
has perpetual motion arrived?
A few years ago a couple of friends and I spent some time reading about the perpetual motion engine that was apparently invented by the 17th Century Bohemian Johann Ernst Elias Bessler. We talked about what a magnificent contribution it … Continue reading
to plan or not to plan that is the question
As I was watching the tail end of a programme about Agatha Christie over the weekend, I heard some words that really echoed with a truism that is so often quoted in the world of proposal and bid creation. David … Continue reading
does the weather affects your use of words?
With high summer returning today in the south of the UK, for some reason I started thinking about how the weather affects people’s vocabulary, thought processes and general demeanour. I’m sure we’re all aware that cold can have a direct … Continue reading
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