{"id":60644,"date":"2026-04-20T13:45:41","date_gmt":"2026-04-20T12:45:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/listenagain.org\/?p=60644"},"modified":"2026-04-20T13:45:41","modified_gmt":"2026-04-20T12:45:41","slug":"alan-tuffery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/listenagain.org\/?p=60644","title":{"rendered":"Alan Tuffery"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Presenter <strong><em>Donie Tarrant<\/em><\/strong> and regular contributor<strong><em>, Alan <\/em><\/strong><strong><em>Tuffery<\/em><\/strong> discuss the way we speak.<\/p>\n<p>Why <strong><em>clich\u00e9s make language dull<\/em><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The horrors of <strong><em>\u2018Business-speak\u2019<\/em><\/strong> and the joy of plain language.<\/p>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_2450\"><a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/nearfm\/neararchive.org\/upload\/NEARFM_20260421_NST_003.mp3\" title=\"Play\" onclick=\"return powerpress_embed_html5a('2450','http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/nearfm\/neararchive.org\/upload\/NEARFM_20260421_NST_003.mp3');\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/listenagain.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/powerpress\/playbutton-443.png\" title=\"Play\" alt=\"Play\" style=\"border:0;\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/nearfm\/neararchive.org\/upload\/NEARFM_20260421_NST_003.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/listenagain.org\/?powerpress_pinw=60644-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/nearfm\/neararchive.org\/upload\/NEARFM_20260421_NST_003.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"NEARFM_20260421_NST_003.mp3\">Download<\/a> ()<\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/listenagain.org\/?feed=podcast\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Presenter Donie Tarrant and regular contributor, Alan Tuffery discuss the way we speak. 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