I am irritated by (mostly) politicians and (also) media-types referring to "ordinary people". I don't mind being a regular, normal, ordinary chap, but when they wield it, the phrase comes with the patronising implication that they are somehow better than ordinary. And as we have seen for a long time and especially in recent years, many politicians in particular and journalists in general tend to range from 'ordinary' downwards.
I log occurrences here and send offenders a postcard.
Saturday, 9 May 2015
World War 2 in Colour
Channel 5 series.
The narrative on first episode uses ordinary people 4 minutes in.
No obvious candidate for the postcard.
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