And we wonder why Americans are getting ‘larger’


And we wonder why Americans are getting ‘larger’
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It’s hard to escape your heritage. This is a British breakfast. Contrast with a French or Finnish breakfast. And, yes, I am pigging out. It’s not often I am presented with such fare. It’s hard to escape your heritage. This is a British breakfast. Contrast with a French or Finnish breakfast. And, yes, I am pigging out. It’s not often I am presented with such fare.

Tired words: Content

Where did this one come from?

Content – This word just seems insufficient and ambiguous (it can be a noun or adjective). It’s so clinical and sterile. Ok, so it’s in the same category as ‘media’, but ‘media’ is a word I happen to like, is attached to nice things,and is soft and round. Kontent is not really a Kingly word, isn’t a word that is used in any regular context outside of some industry-speak, and isn’t really something that lends itself to writing, such as these not so smooth phrases: ‘download content to phone’ (yes, quite happy) or ‘manage your contents’ (my bowels?) or ‘user generated content’ (sounds like a disease). I think it’s just our own laziness, to lump so much into this word.

You can review all my previous ‘Tired Words’ here on this page.