27/05/2011

Take it all





Who's never made the mistake of talking all pro-social 'til the tax bill comes in?

I have no idea whether Adele has previously professed any political leanings one way or another. Maybe she's a Tory! It happens.

More worthy of public outcry I feel (almost) : since when did 'mortified' mean 'outraged' rather than acutely embarrassed?







(or dead)


The Guardian feels the need to add/change a couple of words to adapt the quote to print, but nothing on this. Can one say "sic" for lexical rather than syntactic/orthographic error? I'm now curious.

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