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Thread #138958   Message #3184177
Posted By: autolycus
09-Jul-11 - 03:25 AM
Thread Name: BS: Annoyingly inaccurate literary references
Subject: RE: BS: Annoyingly inaccurate literary references
I agree about Don and 'begging the question.'

I did send a couple of emails to BBC radio 5 live and one to Private Eye.

I gave an example of begging the question and said what they really meant to say was 'that raises the question'. I said I was sure if they said to the mirror over and over 'that raises the question', it'd eventually become natural.

The Beeb actually responded and for a while, especially on the Today programme, they took to saying 'that poses the question' [Brits can't be told]. Now they have got to either 'that raises the question' of 'the question then is'.

What may have done the trick was my p.s. to the Eye:-

"P.S. I thought you lot were hedgemecated."