Fess up. Which one of you wrote this?

[HecatesTwopenceworth]

here

My old firm had a section on the website almost identical to that. It was hilarious.

I am so not worthy - speechless with admiration - will come back and have a reallly good, soothing read later.

Feel all set up for the day now.

I'm worried by how happy that made me.

I'd quibble with the detail of her/his definition of begs the question, mind you.

(He's a he, apparently)

That's actually quite useful, I've bookmarked it

Shouldn't that be 'fess up?

Sorry! Too much to resist.

I LOVE pedants' corner and everyone in it. It makes me feel sane in an insane world.

Do you know, there was something niggling at me when I left the house this morning, but FairyCCTaleEnding has beaten me to it!

I thought beg the question was to create a circular answer - e.g. "Why did he steal the car? Because he's a thief".

I think it's good, but omits the fact that language, and semantics in particular, does change over time - it's normal language evolution.

ooh thanks for that, Hecate.