tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-917932169846040654.post854397718876935730..comments2024-02-26T16:52:31.026+00:00Comments on Jon Slattery: What's not to like about this list of phrases?Jon Slatteryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13038317396308507738noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-917932169846040654.post-31179321675559729972010-12-27T16:36:30.076+00:002010-12-27T16:36:30.076+00:00Thanks Phil.Thanks Phil.Jon Slatteryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13038317396308507738noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-917932169846040654.post-36620305607543009852010-12-27T10:41:49.520+00:002010-12-27T10:41:49.520+00:00Hi Jon. Thought you might like to take a look at ...Hi Jon. Thought you might like to take a look at this historically!? Here are the top 5 phrases used in books since 1840 - http://bit.ly/ibaIb4. Really fun tool that Google have just put out. Try some other words on it. Like Geeks overtaking Nerds - http://bit.ly/fdMPE1. Regards of the season. PAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-917932169846040654.post-61122368212606299542010-12-22T12:26:44.992+00:002010-12-22T12:26:44.992+00:00Were these phrases by the writers or the people th...Were these phrases by the writers or the people they were quoting in the copy? Two very different things.markwoodwardnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-917932169846040654.post-12873814066656757382010-12-22T11:12:36.418+00:002010-12-22T11:12:36.418+00:00Excellent response by lobbywatcher there. No more ...Excellent response by lobbywatcher there. No more needs to be said!Graeme Lambhttp://www.graemesworld.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-917932169846040654.post-10753771210116560482010-12-22T11:01:00.332+00:002010-12-22T11:01:00.332+00:00No doubt Mr Rentoul, who gets paid a six-figure su...No doubt Mr Rentoul, who gets paid a six-figure sum for writing a couple of columns and a few leaders each week, can afford to take his time searching for freshly-minted phrases for his opinion pieces. Those of us who have to rattle off 1,000 words by next deadline on Vince Cable's future prospects as well as covering the news story in print and online can surely be forgiven for resorting to the odd hackneyed cliche now and again.Lobbywatchernoreply@blogger.com