Golden Bull Award
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The Golden Bull Award is an awarded annually by the Plain English Campaign to a person who has made what is deemed by the campaign to be a confusing and bad use of English (see gobbledygook).[1]
[edit] Past "Winners"
Started in 1980, this award has been famously (or infamously) given to the NHS for a 229 word definition of a bed, and in 1981 winners were sent a parcel of tripe through the mail.
- 2004
- Bank of Scotland, British Airways, Department of Health, European Commission, The GENIUS Project (based at the University of Reading), Panorama Software, Trilogy Telecom, TriMedia
- 2008
- Scottish Life
- Met Office website
- HM Revenue and Customs
- The Co-operative ecotown website
- VCA Midlands Centre
- DC Site Services website
- Balfour Beatty
[edit] References
- ^ "Golden Bull Award Gores Bad English". St. Paul Pioneer Press (MN). 26 November 1989. http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=PD&s_site=twincities&p_multi=SP&p_theme=realcities&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EB5D9345C5CA22A&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM. Retrieved on 2009-05-09.
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