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"Q: I'm interested in block printing and dying. Where can I find out more?" - Angela Simpson writing in the Telegraph travel section, 2nd December
A: http://www.dignityindying.org.uk/
Doesn't anyone actually read what they are about to commit to print, one wonders? Sometimes, a spellchecker just won't do.
"This will help disincentivise polluting activities" - report on the Chancellor's PBR, BBC1 lunchtime news
Anyone who uses ugly neologisms like 'disincentivise' (a noun plus a suffix) when there is a perfectly good English verb already - 'discourage' for instance - should be taken out and strung up by the progenitive equipment (but I think that about lots of journos). I have no problem with creative innovations in English - but why torture it like this? Worthy of the impersonations of Dubya on 'Dead Ringers'
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