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It’s The Obtuseness of The Verbiage To Which I Object

November 26, 2005

Enough with the making up of words already.

From this morning’s Clarion-Ledger:
“In addition to the new median, the timing on the traffic signals was adjusted. ‘The signalization timing is helping move traffic smoothly,’ McGee said.”

Signalization? SIGNALIZATION?

I know I grew up in Mississippi and all, but I think Ridgeland’s mayor TOTALLY made up that one.

1 Comment

  1. Trina says:

    I think there is a thought out there that says you can put “zation” at the end of anything and make it a word :)

    September 19th, 2006 at 6:12 pm

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