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The Joy of Critique

As an inveterate scribbler it's good to know that my words are checked assiduously, even if the critic must remain anonymous.

Once again I got it wrong (or was it my fingers) for Albany read Albion, probably the earliest name used to describe the mainland once known as Great Britain. The other, smaller, island nearby then being called Hibernia, which is possibly why so many Scots decided to live there.

Apologies to all called Albany; from the state capital of New York to the peanut centre of Georgia, to that London club. Not sure that I really need to apologise to the Celtic Scots who lived in Albany, now known as Scotland, as that is (was) part of Albion.

Enough of this grovelling. Something interesting must have happened during the 24 hours that have just gone. The wind continues to blow, and the BBC are being blown apart as they have introduced a new weather chart. Its primary colour appears to be brown, not a colour immediately associated with our climate. The display is tilted so that Scotland (Albany) appears small in the distance at the top of the screen. That may be true, as following the last Ice Age Scotland is rising, slowly, every year. That effect, combined with the hordes of Scots that now live in England, including most of the government, is pushing southern and eastern England slowly into the sea. Isostasy is slowly drowning all good and decent English folk. Well, those that intend to remain in this green and pleasant land.

The BBC have all travelled to Africa today. Not sure why, except that our Chancellor of the Exchequer, Gordon Brown, is trying to make the Americans invest to help Africa's poor. So far the US government have ignored his pleas. That's understandable. How much money can arms dealers make out of water wells, sewerage systems, electricity, hospitals, roads and education for a bunch of people who are clearly too lazy to help themselves, especially when corruption still rules the continent?

My anonymous critic may have something to say but will it be of any more use than my collection of words?

posted by Suffolk Notes @ 8:46 am