Rus Slater - Communication For International Business

Never use an acronym unless you KNOW (for sure) what it means.

Acronyms help people in-the-know to communicate faster. They hinder people not-in-the-know and make it slower.

idiom

( ) noun

1 A group of words whose meaning cannot be predicted from the meanings of the constituent words, as for example ( It was raining ) cats and dogs

2 Linguistic usage that is natural to native speakers of a language

3 The characteristic artistic style of an individual, school or period

As native speakers we often use idioms. They can, however, be very confusing to people who are not familiar with our idiomatic phrases.

Here is an A to Z of common business idioms in English (from across the English-speaking world), check whether you use them regularly …

… and if you do, make sure that you are careful when communicating internationally.

Idiomatic language is confusing enough, but also be aware of the tendency to create new words that will similarly present problems for interpreters and individuals when used in international situations:

Co-opertition: a compound of co-operation and competition used as a sort of alternative to ‘friendly rivalry’

Blamestorming: Having an apparently open critiquing session which is really about pointing the finger of blame at someone

Idiomatic language may feel more comfortable to the speaker but ‘can confuse the Hell out of’ the listener.

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