The Age
·general
·5 hours ago
Believe it or not, I’m lost for a word
A writer explores the absence of an English word for things that are nominally one thing but substantively another. Examples range from Carlos Alcaraz's career grand slam achieved outside a calendar year to the Isle of Skye remaining an island despite a bridge connecting it to the mainland.
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