Golden Bull Award
The Golden Bull Award is an award that is given annually by the Plain English Campaign to an organisation who has made what is deemed by the campaign to be a confusing and bad use of English (see gobbledygook).[1]
- For the Malaysian award see Golden Bull Award Malaysia
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.[2]
- 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
- 2007
- Virgin Trains for a letter about problems booking online
- UKTV for a press release
- BAA for a sign at Gatwick Airport
- Fastway Couriers for terms and conditions
- Nestle for a 'Project News Report'
- Translink for a sign at Coleraine railway station
- Warwickshire Children, Young People and Families Division for meeting minutes
- 2008
- Scottish Life
- Met Office website
- HM Revenue and Customs
- The Co-operative ecotown website
- VCA Midlands Centre
- DC Site Services website
- Balfour Beatty
- 2014
gollark: Botania is a tech mod.
gollark: Have you seen.....BOTANIA?
gollark: Huh, in that case I may actually be running your code.
gollark: This is in the reactor planner, not the mod itself.
gollark: I mean, it seems to be making it only actually work if there are no fuel cells? This makes no sense.
See also
References
- "Golden Bull Award Gores Bad English". St. Paul Pioneer Press (MN). 26 November 1989. Retrieved 2009-05-09.
- "Awards". Plain English Campaign. Archived from the original on 11 July 2011. Retrieved 30 November 2009.
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