Dot Wordsworth

Mind your language | 17 July 2010

I have never seen the point of quiche, so I noticed with equanimity a hole where the quiche should be on the shelves of my local Sainsbury’s.

issue 17 July 2010

I have never seen the point of quiche, so I noticed with equanimity a hole where the quiche should be on the shelves of my local Sainsbury’s.

I have never seen the point of quiche, so I noticed with equanimity a hole where the quiche should be on the shelves of my local Sainsbury’s. ‘Due to production issues,’ said a sign, ‘availability across quiche has been affected.’

Issues was to be expected, since mass-amnesia has lost the word problems. But the sign represented a new high-point in the rise of across. I suppose here, in the world of quiche, it meant ‘of all kinds’. It would refer not only to ‘Sainsbury’s Wiltshire Ham and Caramelised Onion and Tewksbury Mustard Quiche’ and ‘Sainsbury’s Be Good To Yourself Cherry Tomato and Cheese Quiche’ but also ‘Sainsbury’s Taste the Difference Spinach and Goats’ Cheese Flamme’.

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