jadesfire

I think it's one of those 50/50 things. Sometimes people writing documents *do* use Latin just to show off, but often it's because the Latin says it more succinctly. And there's a strong argument for saying that if you only aim the reading level at age 12, people will never progress beyond that. But things *should* be written in plain English where possible. I tend to go for the "use it, explain it the first time, then go on using it" approach, but I can understand councils with high numbers of non-English speakers wanting to cut back. The problem comes in drawing the line between 'cutting back' and 'eliminating', which I think is where these things tend to go wrong.

*climbs off soapbox*

(*g* tell him thanks! I have some very cute cat icons but that one makes me giggle :D)