“Trainee teachers are being told to avoid the word for fear of offending pupils with epilepsy. Instead they are being advised to use ‘word storm’ or ‘thought shower’.” Liz Lightfoot
—Talk of Brainstorming ‘May Offend Epileptics’ (Telegraph)
Who or what is telling these teachers not to use “brainstorming”? The reporter quotes a charity that says some teachers had asked them about the word, but there is no quote from a person stating that they are telling other people or they have been told not to use the word. The quoted words appearing in the headline aren’t assigned to any speaker. This is a rather pointless non-story; the best thing about it is the reporter’s cool name. Many amusing linguistic goodies are to be found on Tongue Tied.
Similar:
Yesterday my stack of unmarked assignments was about 120, so this is not bad.
Dr. David von Schlichten honors the spectrum of motivations (not always financial) feature...
Journalist flexes in story about Trump Media accountant who has spelled his own name 14 di...
Surprise sidewalk encounter with my man Hopkins outside the Admin shuttle stop this mornin...
This is what the techbros are excited about? Really?
“Save the date for the 2024 eclipse,” the young teacher told his students back in 1978. De...