Semantic nit-picking

[robinturner]

I've been listening to George Bush speaking on his African tour. He just said: "They asked the self-evident question." How on earth can a question be self-evident?

There again, that's a mild example of Bush semantics. Earlier, I heard a BBC newsreader say "Australian businesses seem to be somewhat super-confident." Isn't that a teensy mega-understatement? Or am I being ever so slightly ultra-critical?

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Say what ?

[ankh156.livejournal.com]

You're being excessively understated in your selfless egoism. Brutally reverential, even.