Thursday 5 November 2009

Question 11 - Should I be embarrassed that we left our holiday in the Lake District early for a day in Blackpool?


Obviously not.

To prove that there is no need for embarrassment, consider the question the other way around. Should you be embarrassed that you accidentally booked one more day than necessary in the Lake District and therefore mitigated against this mistake by partaking of a day's frivolity in Blackpool? Only a hard-hearted misanthrope could possibly insist on embarrassment in that eventuality and therefore spinning the question back to its original configuration should similarly give rise to no cheek-pinkening.

A better question would be whether 'pinkening' is an acceptable neologism.