A A Milne got it right today in 1919 with his comment on chess. He said 'It is impossible to win gracefully at chess. No one has yet said "Mate!" in a voice which failed to sound to his opponent bitter, boastful and malicious." How much better it would be to say 'Chum', 'Pal', 'Me Ol' Mucker'.
In other news ... the first supermarket in Britain opened today in 1951. It was called the Premier and it ushered in a whole raft of phrases in the English language that hadn't been heard before e.g. 'This is a colleague announcement'; 'on special offer today we have' and 'spillage in Aisle 14'.
