My husband’s temper noticeably improved when we had that BBC strike, when there were fewer irritants from nettle-beds such as Today.
My husband’s temper noticeably improved when we had that BBC strike, when there were fewer irritants from nettle-beds such as Today. But he’s over it now, and cursing the smallest, most niggling annoyance yet broadcast: the word so.
Instead of well, it is used as a mere preliminary utterance to interviewees, with perhaps a hint of challenge.
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