Aug 21

A literary jewel…

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Sometimes, you’ve got to love the oft-maligned BBC, such as in today’s news story “Swearing removed from kids’ book” where they somewhat delicately state:

In future editions, the offending word will be altered by one letter and replaced with “twit”.

Verily, I doff my cap to the writer who devised that most excellent turn of phrase.

Many thanks to Richard for laughing heartily when he read the original article

One Response to “A literary jewel…”

  1. Stuart Says:
    September 26th, 2008 at 1:18 pm

    From Doctor slang is a dying art:

    Dr Fox recounts the tale of one doctor who had scribbled TTFO – an expletive expression roughly translated as “Told To Go Away” – on a patient’s notes.

    He told BBC News Online: “This guy was asked by the judge what the acronym meant, and luckily for him he had the presence of mind to say: ‘To take fluids orally’.”

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