Monday 15 June 2009

Hail to the morgue, mortuary is dead

Such a passing for a fine English word

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/5533991/Polish-woman-wakes-up-in-morgue.html

Thursday 11 June 2009

North of the border?

Looks like the Telegraph is for English (and maybe Welsh?) only with the condescending "Scottish news and comment

Full coverage from the Telegraph's team north of the border."

It's a wee land to the north of the suburbs I guess.

What next, "overseas news from Northern Ireland" (which doesn't seem to have its own section anyway)?

Doubles all round

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/road-and-rail-transport/5498481/Tube-strike-commuters-threatened-with-further-action.html

The usual double paragraph:

Amid fears the dispute would lead to England’s World Cup qualifier against Andorra being postponed, London Underground was able to run the Jubilee and Metropolitan Lines to Wembley Park, the station serving the stadium.

Amid fears that the dispute would lead to the postponement of England’s World Cup qualifier against Andorra, London Underground was able to run both the Jubilee and Metropolitan Lines to Wembley Park, the station serving the stadium. London Overground services were also running to Wembley Central. Nevertheless fans were asked not to rely on public transport alone to get to and from the match and to allow extra time for their journey.