Mea Culpa: Lots of things are ‘smaller than Dorset’
The IndependentIn an article about ancient rock art in South America, we said: “It’s thought likely that the thousand-square-mile area may well contain around 10,000 ancient engravings.” As several readers pointed out, the comparison with Dorset was less than helpful. McTrademark: On Thursday we reported that “McDonald’s has lost its Big Mac trademark in the European Union in favour of Irish fast food rival Supermac’s in a long-running legal battle”. Epidemiology: “Social media has sparked a viral trend for dishes designed to produce ‘content’ rather than be delicious,” we said last weekend in a sub-headline on an article lamenting style over substance in food. Sign of the times: I came across an old Mea Culpa column by Guy Keleny the other day in which he said: “‘Significantly’ should always be struck out.” As I am dimly aware that it is a word I use quite often, I searched for it in the past week’s Independent.
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