'rabidly antipathetical and hostile ....' Jaysus wept! Talk about tautology. John, have you never read Hamlet? I imagined that a casual racist and flag-shagger like yourself, eager to protect the purity of England, might have read a bit of The Bard, in particular, his sage advice that 'brevity is the soul of wit'. Anyway, Roger's Thesaurus by Brian Bilston came to mind;In order to grow, expand, widenhis lexicological corpus,Roger bought, acquired, purchaseda synonymopedia, a thesaurus.Soon, presently, without delay,he no longer ran out of things to say,speak, utter, express, articulate,give voice to, pronounce, communicate.This was all very well, fine, great,wonderful, super, terrificbut his friends, mates, pals found himboring, tedious, dull, soporific.So let this be a warning,an omen, a sign, a premonition,it’s all very well to show learning,education, knowledge, erudition,but here’s a top tip, a hint,a suggestion, some advice,don’t ever let it stop youfrom being concise,brief, short, clear, pithy,succinct, compendious, to the point,compact, snappy, laconic.Breviloquent.
Gerry Boyce ● 37d