Brummet's Conscious Blog

The Changing Language Of Business * Written by Shirley Taylor Decades ago, our ancestors' speaking style matched their writing style. Just as it should. Over the decades, our speaking style has evolved. But what has happened to our writing? Every language evolves to reflect the current times and changing needs. In the early half of the 19th century, business communication was very formal, relationships were formed slowly, resulting in passive voice and over-politeness being the norm. In writing, people embellished their messages with flowery, bombastic words. Lengthy messages were filled with redundancies and verbosity. This was perfectly fine in those days. It was entirely normal for the times we were living in. In those days, the oral communication style matched the written communication style. Today, the language of business communication has changed. We are speaking to our colleagues, clients and stakeholders in a very warm, friendly, natural, relaxed, pe...