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Architects of language destruction

Posted by Rob Irvine on August 21, 2007 10:52 AM | 

The Daily Post recently featured an article regarding the retirement after 45 years of Eisteddfod stalwart Ifan Lloyd Williams. Our introductory paragraph read as follows:
Eisteddfod architect Ifan Lloyd Williams retires this week after 45 years' service.
I have since received a letter from the Architects Registration Board under the heading: Use of the title "architect", in which they explain that Section 20 of the Architects Act of 1997 prohibits anyone using the title "architect" unless they are registered with the board.
A "concerned" member of the public had contacted the board as they thought the article portrayed Mr Lloyd Williams as a "registered architect".
I managed to overcome my initial desire to post the letter back and suggest they stick it where the sun don't shine.
That an article which spells out how a retired physics teacher devoted his time and energy to running festivals in large tents could be construed as suggesting he was running an unregistered architectural business is quite beyond me.
If the concerned member of the public who raised this matter is reading this can I suggest that they GET A LIFE.
Who the hell do the Architects Registration Board think they are, hijacking every definition of the word architect? According to my big dictionary it comes from the Greek word arkhitekton (builder) and also applies to someone who plans or devises.
For fun I googled the phrase architect + Bomber Harris and found 954 references, many to former Bomber Command chief Harris as the "architect" of the RAF's aerial campaign during the Second World War which razed nearly every city in Germany.
I wonder if the ARB have written to the Ministry of Defence pointing out that Harris was also not registered?


 

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