'' An important art of policiticans is to find new names for institutions which under old names have become odious to the public.''Charles Maurice De Talleyrand-Perigord (1754-1838)
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2 comments:
Gosh -Just like the EU !
Linguists refer to a similar practice as the euphemism treadmill. Negro (black in Spanish) becomes black, which becomes coloured, which becomes black…
McE
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