What I mean by simplicity is not
talking down to them, presenting language that children can delve into it and not be baffled.
There were perceptions, however, that developers are being more cautious, that speculative building is lessening, and that persistent "
talking down" of business activity or of the economy can lead to a self-fulfilling prophecy.
(He has been criticized for
talking down to people.)
While New York's MoMA strained to reconcile high and low, and Los Angeles' County Museum of Art isolated Outsider art in a separate exhibition, the MCA incorporates these odd elements easily, making it all look livable, without too much
talking down (or up).
Continuing success stories like Nissan, Newcastle Offshore Group, SSI and others besides, are proof that those intent on
talking down the North East and rubbishing its prospects are wrong.
The next time I hear this kind of
talking down in Church I'll slam the door as I leave.
Opposition queries are consistently met with accusations of negativity or of
talking down Wales.
The shadow chancellor risked accusations that he was
talking down the pound as he attacked the Government.
Alex Salmond accuses his opponents of
talking down Scotland and its people when they find flaws in his plans for Scottish independence.
In a video shown last night on the Fox programme The O'Reilly Factor, Mr Jackson whispers to a fellow panellist "See, Barack been, um,
talking down to black people on this faith based ...