I was living in Milton Keynes — a place mocked only by those
who don’t know it — when supermarkets started selling books. Unsurprisingly for
shops more used to selling fish fingers and baked beans, the choice was
limited but bizarre, and I came home with a pocket-sized ‘World History’ from
Old Testament times to New Age times. In the front was a disclaimer: ‘It has
not been possible to include everything that has ever happened.’
Some of the things that have happened on today’s date in
other years: Leonardo was born, in the little town of Vinci. The ‘Titanic’
sank. The first MacDonald’s restaurant opened. Which of the latter two was the
greater disaster I leave it to readers to decide.
Today, and on all future days, we ask you to extend your
special care to the following words and phrases which have been the victims of
abuse by Newspapers and the BBC:
Seismic.
Exponentially.
Begs the question.
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