] "This correspondence seems to be I full of words like 'contacted' and | 'finalise,' " said the Chief Justice. Sir [Michael Myers, in the Supreme Courl lin Hamilton, when referring to a j number of business letters which were \ produced as evidence. "It is a new j language which might be called , "merchantese.* Evidently ordinary i English is not good enough. All I can say is that the court is at least one place where we should have English pure and undeliled. We should regard it as our duty to maintain it so."
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20084, 2 November 1939, Page 7
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