From "Royal bodies: From Anne Boleyn to Kate Middleton"
"Our current royal family doesn't have the difficulties in breeding that pandas do, but pandas and royal persons alike are expensive to conserve and ill-adapted to any modern environment. But aren't they interesting? Aren't they nice to look at? Some people find them endearing; some pity them for their precarious situation; everybody stares at them, and however airy the enclosure they inhabit, it's still a cage."
John... This is extraneous, but someone asked me today if there is is noun for "something that is extraneous." I told him we'd have to make one up. I said that the problem is that "extraneous" is used both for physical objects and ideas or arguments. There is no single word that covers both. Do you have any ideas?
ReplyDeleteextraneity does the job nicely
ReplyDeleteNice post thank you Kelvin
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