In the 19th century, the founder of modern linguistics, Ferdinand de Saussure, made arbitrariness the central plank of his theory of language.
Mr. Stoppard imagined a new language, "Dogg," in which "plank" means "ready," "block" means "next," "slab" means "O.K".
He apparently promised Robertson not to change a word of the harsh language of the anti-abortion platform plank of which the majority of regular Republicans -- and the vast majority of independents -- strongly disapprove.
Use the following words as a part of your regular language: matey, booty, "argh", savvy, buried treasure, plank, scoundrel, plunder, etc. Talk low, gravelly voice.
The restaurant has simple wood plank tables and a television is turned to a Spanish-language station.
Associated Press saw hundreds of youths carrying wooden planks in the street, shouting "Only Buhari" in the Hausa language.
One plank of the strategy to defuse the jihadist threat, then, is to refuse to talk the language of "cosmic war" and instead focus on tangible and legitimate sources of grievance that are exploited by the jihadists.
While Republican officials stressed that the plank did not go into granular details, saying that they were better left to the states, the language of the plank seems to leave little room for exceptions to the abortion ban.
Let's go once step further and use language that people in the organization will understand, a hierarchy of choices to guide investment by plank.
Miliband makes it a central plank of his argument and points out that while the government talks tough on speaking English, it keeps cutting language classes for immigrants.
