Wednesday 23 April 2008

English, but not as we know it

The Good-English-But-Why prize goes to a sign on a paper towel bin I spotted in the Abiko McDonald's: "Would you like to review what your life should be?" Hmmm. Maybe, but I was taken aback to hear such profound thoughts from an object so mundane. The Nearly-But-Not-Quite prize goes to my youngest who announced on looking out the window and seeing a delivery van pulling up, "It's the fishmonkey, Dad." The correct English should of course have been "It's the fishmonger, Dad." Correct, but not as good.

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