Harold Evans’ most recent opinion column at BBC News Online was described as: “Evans on words – Don’t say ‘precipitation situation’ if you mean ‘it’s raining'” – this from the corporation that goes out of its way (re-writing history as necessary, even) to say militant/insurgent/bomber/etc. whenever it means terrorist!
Lost in translation – indeed!
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Weekend 13th December 2025
Number fun edition ‘It’s a bit of a bugger, isn’t it’… can now be significantly scaled back (Mail) Was that…