But I digress. Give me "diversity" any day. It pairs up with unity, two sides of the same coin. Variety just sounds like showbiz or chocolates, and it's a fussy little tight word. Eclectic is like a snapping pair of scissors. But "diversity" has a rich open sound to it, and the "vers" in the middle is what gives it that.

In fact I liked the word so much that when my daughter was christened many years ago I insisted on having that as one of her names. But that's another story.