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Yvonne PerkinsWe have just returned home after a lovely weekend at the #ClunesBookTown festival. This morning I bought a book called 'Desert Anzacs the under-told story'. I cannot attest to the worth of the book but I really like the humility in the title. It is not 'untold' as so many authors claim for whatever they are writing, but 'undertold'.
I suppose that nearly all authors think that their history is undertold - that is the reason they feel compelled to write the book. But it is rare that a history is truly untold and often the 'untold' history book provides a lot of evidence that refutes the claim such as parliamentary debates, letters etc.
My complaint also applies to claims of the 'first', the 'biggest', etc. We suffer from the over-use of superlatives which diminishes the impact of these significant words.
'Amazing' deserves a special mention. Next time you feel tempted to use this word, perhaps stop and think about whether it is truly amazing. If you are using the word every day, that indicates that you may be either experiencing a life that no-one else has ever lived or you are diminishing the meaning of the word.
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