SIR – Readers of these columns must have noticed, that it’s practically impossible for a TV reporter to complete a sentence without ‘erms’.
The road to ‘erm’ Tripoli is causing ‘erm’ problems for the ‘erm’ Libyan rebels, who will need ‘erm’ much more fire-power ‘erm’ or their progress will ‘erm’ grind to a halt.
And what about the dissection of simple words with brand new syllable pauses?
A greenhouse is now a green ‘pause’ house. A dustbin is now a dust ‘pause’ bin.
Former City footballer Dean Windass was called ‘Dean Wind-dass’.
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