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The new turquoise A good case could be made for awarding the dynamics of etymology the (centuries overdue) ‘official’ eighth wonder of the world award. I concede this is a more nebulous entity than the already recognised (edificial) jaw-droppers making up the standard listings, but, if artistic value, imagination, development, communication are the pre-requisites, why look further? Expanding the argument, which other ‘ology’ is a more sensitive final common pathway for the amalgam that is history, global migratory patterns, geology, archaeology and genetics. Most of us are off the pulse in terms of 2023 grammar etiquette, much of which has been wrested from the OED, but, while we can rue this loss, we should be in awe of its vitality. In much the same way that the peri-millennial years spawned phrases like ‘grey is the new.’ and (so banal, it still hurts) ‘less is more’, the 2010s became...
Source: Archives of Disease in Childhood - Category: Pediatrics Authors: Tags: Highlights from this issue Source Type: research