At Language Log, yesterday, Robert Shuy reported “plain english creeps into police radio transmission”  (Nov. 13, 2006)  Prof. Shuy’s piece gives a summary and adds historical and linguistic background to a Washington Post article, “Va. State Police Swap ’10-4′ for ‘Message Understood’,” Nov. 13, 2006.  The Post explains that police departments evolved different sets of “10 codes” … Continue reading plain english: will cops follow courts?