Words
That old man who currently occupies the post of President of the USA is interesting to observe in relation to the language he uses. Remember how in his previous presidential term and during Mr Biden's presidency, he would often bang on about "fake news"? It became something of a catchphrase as he constantly sought to denigrate particular newspapers and television stations. No doubt he was deliberately trying to blur the general public's trust in news organisations. It was all fake, fake, fake - according to the old man when of course it wasn't fake at all. This time round the "fake news" obsession appears to have melted into the background. His use of the terms "fake" and "fake news" is greatly reduced. In the run up to last November's election there were a couple of occasions when the current president, pondered over the word "groceries". It was as if he had never heard the word before as he rolled it on his tong...