Comments on: Travel Writer Clichés: 11 – Rich cultural heritage

By: David

David — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 07:20:59 +0000

@bambo. Bang to rights… I overuse ‘boasts’ myself.

@sharpey. Donny has a racecourse and, er… Alright then. I raise you Mexborough.

By: Sharpey

Sharpey — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 19:17:58 +0000

People slagging off Rotherham have clearly never been to Doncaster – a far finer target.

By: Bambo

Bambo — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 02:29:39 +0000

Yes, vile. But not as vile as ‘verdant’.

And how about ‘boasts’.

Travel writers use this as an alternative to ‘has’ — as in ‘The town boasts a veritable smorgasbord of verdant parks’. I don’t think I have ever heard anyone use ‘boasts’ in that sense in a spoken sentence in my life.

By: David

David — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 09:35:03 +0000

Staggeringly, if you put: into Google, it comes up with 159 pages…

By: Matthew Teller

Matthew Teller — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 09:31:05 +0000

http://is.gd/20leX

By: David

David — Sun, 02 Aug 2009 14:36:39 +0000

“You would never describe somewhere as having a “poor cultural heritage…”

The words of a man who has never been to Rotherham, I fancy.

By: Matthew Teller

Matthew Teller — Sun, 02 Aug 2009 08:10:26 +0000

Spot on – everywhere from Pitcairn to Peckham has a rich cultural heritage. As with a lot of these phrases, just substitute the key word: if you would never describe somewhere as having a “poor cultural heritage”, then the opposite is meaningless!