tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10178279.post114036295474366568..comments2024-03-28T05:13:13.921-04:00Comments on Books, Inq. — The Epilogue: Worth considering ...Frank Wilsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18410473158808750903noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10178279.post-1140371902510827932006-02-19T12:58:00.000-05:002006-02-19T12:58:00.000-05:00I agree, all good phrases and subjects to ban I th...I agree, all good phrases and subjects to ban I think! (though in the UK Cheyney has not been quite as ubiquitous as the US, though bad enough: and I personally have never heard of "cuddle puddle" or that expression thingy, thankfully.)<BR/><BR/>In the UK it would be:<BR/><BR/>Labour govt identity card bill<BR/><BR/>Smoking ban<BR/><BR/>Microsoft ads ;-) (see Petrona)<BR/><BR/>Brokeback Mountain (this one crosses the Atlantic!)<BR/><BR/>And fifth, blog -- why do people hate the word so and yet, as Bill says, not have anything better. Lots of web-tech people and journalists I work with hate it too, but they can't think of anything better either.<BR/><BR/>I don't think it matters, as it has become so embedded in the language as well as in google caches that how could you ever excise it? <BR/><BR/>Someone will think of a great word for whatever blogs evolve into, and then usage will take over. (It was not all that long ago that we at Nature solemnly decided that "World Wide Web" would be official journal house style....)Maxine Clarkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06628509319992204770noreply@blogger.com