hyperbole?
When I'm away from London, as I have been quite extensively this year, I like to pop in to the local website to see what is going on. Generally it features useful information about burst water mains and bus diversions. Recently, however, it featured an article which gets rather carried away with itself, comparing Acton, which is not the most charismatic of places, with the 9th Arrondissement.I rather enjoy the way that the article starts with a fairly sound premise, and then the author gets carried away with the conceit and it all degenerates into mad gibberish. Judge for yourselves at:
http://www.ealingtoday.co.uk/default.asp?section=info&link=http://nnet-server.com/server/common/conhistory02.htm
Incidentally, I strongly suspect that the author, one Louise La Teinturiere, is using a nom de plume.
posted by Lampy @ 10/15/2006 04:51:00 pm
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