26-09-2022, 07:14 AM
(24-09-2022, 11:17 PM)DTV Wrote: Chancellor is a particularly opaque term for viewers not familiar with British politics and, dare I say, finance minister is more intuitive for low political attention UK viewers as well.I concur.
At least some UK political job titles are in same sort of opacity bracket a "Legalese" (jargon used by e.g. courts, barristers, solicitors etc), and the UK Finance Minister's official job title is surely the worst offender in this regard.
"Chancellor of the Exchequer" is so opaque. To 99% of folk (myself included) what the blithering flip even is an "Exchequer", regardless of what it means to be the "Chancellor" of one!
I'm all for namestaps using accessible language for the benefit of the layperson viewer.