Language Watch

Sgt Peda Gogue of the Word Police has reported an ABC Saturday morning announcer who became excited about an artistic creation, twice describing it as "very unique". The miscreant has been released on bail. If he offends again in the next twelve months, his sentence will be a month in gaol,(or jail, if he is American), accompanied by a large dictionary so he can study the rules concerning comparisons. Perhaps we might then be spared discussions about objects or events that are most unique, very unique, nearly unique and so on. This man is a potential threat to the community and he must be stopped before he progresses on to the uniquest things he has found. We know that serial meaning manglers usually increase their vile crimes in search of shock satisfaction. The Word police will be keeping a very close ear on this fellow and his Saturday programmes.