Foot in Mouth Award
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title:
Foot in Mouth Award
text:
The Foot in Mouth Award is presented each year by the Plain English Campaign for "a baffling comment by a public figure". The award was first made in 1993, when it was given to Ted Dexter, the chairman of selectors for the England cricket team. It was awarded again the following year, and, after a two-year break, annually from 1997 to 2022. The Plain English Campaign was set up in 1979 when the founder, Chrissie Maher, shredded hundreds of jargon-filled forms and documents in Parliament Square,
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Award given for confusing or embarrassing comments from public figures
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foot_in_Mouth_Award
date created:
2003-12-01T17:04:25Z
date modified:
2024-09-06T15:41:23Z
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