29-11-2021, 03:29 PM
Ah, what a great thread ... this is right up my boulevard. I might not exactly have the T-shirt but I do have the cap!
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My current bête noire is Richard Osman's BBC quiz show House of Games where the scoreboard is a "leaderboard"; a single empty suitcase is "luggage"; salt and pepper grinders are "shakers"; each day's winner is the "champion"; his button, with no audible function, is a "buzzer"; a second pass along the contestants is "going back down the line". I think Mr Osman is an entertaining person (and a good author) but he does seem to make a special effort to avoid using the correct words.
My current bête noire is Richard Osman's BBC quiz show House of Games where the scoreboard is a "leaderboard"; a single empty suitcase is "luggage"; salt and pepper grinders are "shakers"; each day's winner is the "champion"; his button, with no audible function, is a "buzzer"; a second pass along the contestants is "going back down the line". I think Mr Osman is an entertaining person (and a good author) but he does seem to make a special effort to avoid using the correct words.