It seems the Guardian, too, is raging over synonyms at the moment.
It has posted a quiz where you have to guess what the elegant variation is referring to (although I am slightly confused by the dateline, which currently claims the quiz was posted on Wednesday 1 June 2011).
For example, does “the maverick old warhorse of the London left” refer to:
a) Billy Bragg
b) Billy the pitch-clearing hero of the 1923 FA Cup final
c) Ken Livingstone
I got 13 out of 15… c’mon and beat me!
Not to keep banging on about the same thing over and over… but when I wrote about concave fruit last week, this is exactly what I meant:
Cold ham consumption has declined as the price of the popular sandwich filler has risen.
Which popular popular sandwich filler? Has grated cheese ousted cold ham? Has egg mayonnaise kicked it to the kerb? Oh, no… it just should read:
Cold ham consumption has declined as its price has risen.
My favourite thing today, though, has been this:
In March news broke that Asda had undertaken a cull of the farmers in its dairy supply group, reducing their number from 500 to 400.
Now that’s radical!
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