Originally posted on: Fri 24th Jun 2016
As someone whose business is words I can't help but weigh up the merits of the two that underpinned the UK Referendum.
'Leave' is active, dynamic, a bright red, sexy word. One syllable. Direct. Confident.
'Remain' is somewhat limp and passive, two unbalanced syllables, a hiccup then a drone, a slightly faded, left out in the sun kind of a word.
I wonder…
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Originally posted on: Fri 24th Jun 2016
THE POWER OF WORDS
As someone whose business is words I can't help but weigh up the merits of the two that underpinned the UK Referendum. 'Leave' is active, dynamic, a bright red, sexy word. One syllable. Direct. Confident. 'Remain' is somewhat limp and passive, two unbalanced syllables, a hiccup then a drone, a slightly faded, left out in the sun kind of a word. I wonder…
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