Speaking Nonsense Award

[TheGuru]

Steve McClaren has won a prize - for speaking nonsense.
The former England manager scooped the Plain English Campaign's Foot in Mouth award for a comment about Wayne Rooney.



"He is inexperienced, but he's experienced in terms of what he's been through," McLaren said.

BAA also received a Golden Bull award for its "passenger shoe repatriation area" sign, found at Gatwick airport in the place where shoes are security screened.

Other culprits singled out by the campaign, which works to stamp out unclear official information, included Translink in Northern Ireland.
Apologising for recent delays, it said: "Every autumn a combination of leaves on the line, atmospheric conditions and prevailing damp conditions lead to a low adhesion between the rail head and the wheel which causes services to be delayed or even cancelled."

The company added that it was committed to reducing delays by "implementing a comprehensive low adhesion action programme".

Steve Jenner, a spokesman for the campaign, said that people were letting down their customers by speaking in 'gobbledygook'.

"People need to think about what they are saying because most of the time they just don't make sense," he said. "It just isn't necessary and shouldn't be done."