A wee anecdote on this theme… I was at the school gate one day and overheard someone say “I like to help the ‘less fortunate’..“ - thought that expression went out in medieval times. Told my other half who said you should have said: “What you mean, those who are less intelligent than you are…! (sarcasm)...
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That phrase reminds me of when my friend and I decided to make history come alive, when we were doing the Great Famine in school. We wrapped our blazers round our head a la shawl, sat on a street corner rocking back and forth, going “Potaaaaaaaatoes! Potaaaaaaaaatoes! Does anyone have any Potaaaaatoes!“
