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词条 Chrissie Maher
释义

  1. Early campaigns

  2. Plain English Campaign

  3. Awards & Honours

  4. See also

  5. References

  6. External links

Chrissie Maher {{postnominals|country=GBR|OBE}} (born 1938) co-founded Plain English Campaign, a company that promotes the clear use of English, particularly by businesses and official bodies.[1]

Early campaigns

In 1971 Maher founded the UK's first community newspaper, the Tuebrook Bugle,[2] which gave her the chance to write articles demanding that organisations start using plain English. In 1974 Maher started The Liverpool News,[3] the UK's first newspaper for adults with reading difficulties. She was also a member of the UK's National Consumer Council.

Plain English Campaign

Maher officially launched Plain English Campaign at a demonstration in London in 1979.

In 1994, as an example of the linguistic issues she found objectionable, Maher pointed out that Britain's National Health Service published a definition of the term bed that used 229 words.[2]

Tom McArthur, editor of the Oxford Companion to the English Language said, "In all the history of the language, there has never been such a powerful grassroots movement to influence it as the Plain English Campaign."[3]

In 1997, an industrial tribunal found that the Plain English Campaign had constructively dismissed two employees, Martin Nobbs and Jill Cushway, who resigned from the Campaign after unfounded rumors were spread that they had an affair. In their action, Nobbs and Cushway alleged that Maher had started the rumors. Maher denied starting the rumor, calling the tribunal's decision "a miscarriage of justice".[4][5]

Awards & Honours

  • 1993 Order of the British Empire.[6]
  • 1995 Manchester University honorary MA degree.[7]
  • 1997 Open University honorary doctorate.[8]
  • 2000 Maher, disability rights campaigner Lord Alfred Morris of Manchester, and World Wide Web creator Tim Berners-Lee were named "Information Pioneers of the Century" by the UK's National Information Forum.[3]
  • 2010 Liverpool John Moores University Honorary Fellowship for services to communication.[9]
  • 2010 Public Affairs Achiever of the Year and Outstanding Achiever of the Year from the ‘Women in Public Life’ awards.[10]

See also

  • Simple English Wikipedia
  • Golden Bull Award

References

1. ^{{cite book | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=5i1Ql7QQy0kC&lpg=PA193&ots=X3m5OcWZc9&pg=PA193#v=onepage&q&f=false | title = A History of Language | last = Fischer | first = Steven Roger | page = 193 | series = Globalities Series | publisher = Reaktion Books | year = 2004 | isbn = 978-1-86189-080-1}}
2. ^1 {{cite news | url = http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/liverpool-news/regional-news/2010/07/16/phil-redmond-chrissie-maher-a-story-of-inspiration-and-aspiration-92534-26864566/ | title = Chrissie Maher—a story of inspiration and aspiration | last = Redmond | first = Phil | date = 16 July 2010 | accessdate = 30 September 2010 | newspaper = Liverpool Daily Post | location = Liverpool | publisher = Trinity Mirror North West & North Wales}}
3. ^{{cite web | url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/38503.stm | title = Plain speaking is no joke | work = BBC News | date = 10 December 1997 | accessdate = 30 September 2010 | publisher = BBC}}
4. ^{{cite news | url = https://www.independent.co.uk/news/how-to-slag-off-your-old-boss-in-plain-english-1292977.html | title = How to slag off your old boss, in plain English | newspaper = The Independent | last = Sengupta | first = Kim | date = 9 November 1997 | accessdate = 30 September 2010 | publisher = Independent Print | location = London }}
5. ^{{cite news | url = http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Plainly+speaking%2c+my+office+affair+is+just+a+rumour.-a0110771367 | title = Plainly speaking, my office affair is just a rumour | last = Oldfield | first = Stephen | newspaper = The Daily Mail | location = London | date = 4 November 1997 | accessdate = 4 October 2010}}
6. ^{{cite news | url = http://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/spl/aberdeen/list-of-awards-1.726192 | title = List of awards | newspaper = The Herald | location = Glasgow | publisher = Herald & Times Group | accessdate = 30 September 2010 | date = 31 December 1993 }}
7. ^{{cite journal | url = http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/story.asp?storyCode=98313§ioncode=26 | title = Champion of plain English rewarded with degree | last = Sanders | first = Claire | journal = Times Higher Education | date = 26 May 1995 | publisher = TSL Education | location = London | issn = 0049-3929}}
8. ^{{cite journal | url = http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/story.asp?storyCode=103281§ioncode=26 | title = Honorary degrees | date = 1 August 1997 | last = Williams | first = Lynne | journal = Times Higher Education | publisher = TSL Education | location = London | issn = 0049-3929}}
9. ^1 2 {{cite speech | url = http://www.ljmu.ac.uk/Graduation/114808.htm | title = Chrissie Maher | last = Sanderson | first = Frank | date = 2010-04-14 | location = Liverpool, UK | accessdate = 30 September 2010 | deadurl = yes | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20121022175452/http://www.ljmu.ac.uk/Graduation/114808.htm | archivedate = 22 October 2012 | df = dmy-all }}
10. ^{{cite web | url =http://www.womeninpubliclifeawards.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=14:past-winners-2010&Itemid=9&layout=default | title =Past Winners | publisher =Women in Public Life Awards | accessdate =2013-02-14 }}{{dead link|date=August 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

External links

  • Plain English Campaign Homepage
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