Saturday, September 15, 2012

Policeman uses 'odd' words

A senior Irish policeman said on RTE Television news yesterday when talking about a crime: "Informaiton coming to our disposal."

1 comment:

Póló said...

No problem there. The new dynamic English language. Stretching it like Yeats and Shaw.

Presumably he means, like the cheque in the post, information that is on its way but has not yet arrived. It is in transit but is not yet at our disposal.

:)

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