Good old plain English!
21/01/07 19:36 |
Personal
In a recent statement while on a tour of the Indian continent he is quoted as saying the following:
'And therefore I am also seized that we face new challenges.....'
and
'By being prepared to use hard power as well as soft power, by not resiling from the need in certain circumstances....'
Seized? Resiling? it even confused the spellchecker!
Well, it confused me too, so I looked up the mystery words and 'seized' means being aware of, while 'resiling' apparently means recoiling. Whatever happened to the plain English campaign?
If as expected, he becomes the next Prime Minister of this country, it will be funny to watch the residents of the House of Commons rushing to their local WH Smith store to purchase a dictionary.
Not sure what the grass roots supporters of his party will do though.... continue to read The Sun?
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