the distinction being made was not between fame and obscurity, but between fame and infamy.

I have a bit of a profile in my region because I've been on radio. Whenever someone refers to me as "famous" I always say I prefer the term "notorious".

I remember hearing a journalist talking about trying to avoid cliches in his writing, and finding that if he referred to, say, Peter Sellers, the editor would always add "the late, great", even if the journalist hadn't put it in. Sometimes ya can't win.



Saranita
(stranger )
Mon Apr 11 15:31:11 2005
Re: redundancy