at last nights meeting my dad gave the announcements and he said bulletin board. after the meeting an elder came up to him to tell him that bulletin is a negative word and to say information board next time. whats up with that?
Is the word "bulletin" negative?
by crizlee 29 Replies latest jw friends
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kaykay_mp
that elder is probably being a buttwipe. i see nothing wrong with saying bulletin and i dont see how jw's can see anything wrong with it either.
maybe because it has the word "bullet" in it. (like, "please, you might as well just put a bullet in my head if you make me sing the kingdum melodies) but the jw's are always nitpicking words in the english language to find something wrong with.
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kaykay_mp
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RunningMan
I believe the word "bulletin" originates from the old Papal "bull", which was a directive from the Pope.
So, if you search back far enough, the word has a religious origin. Kind of like the days of the week, month, and just about everything else.
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kwintestal
I can't believe you just used that word. This will be the last post I post here if language like that is continued to be used.
Kwin
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willyloman
RunningMan wins this JW Trivia Contest, with his correct answer:
I believe the word "bulletin" originates from the old Papal "bull", which was a directive from the Pope.
I used the word "bulletin" in a talk way back a hundred years ago when I was a baby MS and an elder took me aside and straightened me out on it immediately! Duly chastised, I NEVER used that word again. The preferred appellation in dubdom: Information Board.