Posts by Peter Morris

Gigapixel camera heralds new world of snoopery

"Optics is"...

Nice and, of course, totally correct.

I'd like to nominate El Reg hacks for the most consistently good use of English and for their hilarious abuse of headlines.

Gordon Ramsay breaches f**king broadcasting code

It's not working...

In Eric Partridge's fantastic Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English, you can find: "I have heard the monotonous 'the fucking fucker's fucking well fucked', where the audience has understood quite well that "this piece of machinery does not work'.

You see? Brevity and wit in this marvelous, multi-faceted word. Use it and support our heritage!

Pedro

Paris because we're on the topic...