When the SCMP Group recently raised the price of its titles, the South China Morning Post and the Sunday Post, by 14% and 25% respectively, you could be forgiven for thinking that they were attempting to ensure that their predictions about high inflation holding Hong Kong in its steely grip should not come to naught.
You wouldn't, though, expect that a respected Australian journalist (okay, okay, I know what you're saying) would jump on the inflationary bandwagon with the type of gusto shown by one Michael Cox.
Described by his employee on its website as a "news hound" who specialises in "thoroughbred gallop racing" (horse racing to you and me) as well as "harness racing" (I’m not quite sure why they see fit to discuss his extracurricular activities in a family paper), Coxie (if I may slip into the Antipodean vernacular) has been let off the leash in today's Racing Post to devastating effect.
In a short piece headed "Yeung offers better value" (I’m worried they may have been attempting a pun there), Coxie offers us the following:
"Four rides will be enough for Keith Yeung Ming-lun to snatch a wide-open Jockey Challenge at Happy Valley tonight … Yeung represents good value at $14 with a solid quintet of rides. Matthew Chadwick has even less rides (four), but two are strong chances …"
You wouldn't, though, expect that a respected Australian journalist (okay, okay, I know what you're saying) would jump on the inflationary bandwagon with the type of gusto shown by one Michael Cox.
Described by his employee on its website as a "news hound" who specialises in "thoroughbred gallop racing" (horse racing to you and me) as well as "harness racing" (I’m not quite sure why they see fit to discuss his extracurricular activities in a family paper), Coxie (if I may slip into the Antipodean vernacular) has been let off the leash in today's Racing Post to devastating effect.
In a short piece headed "Yeung offers better value" (I’m worried they may have been attempting a pun there), Coxie offers us the following:
"Four rides will be enough for Keith Yeung Ming-lun to snatch a wide-open Jockey Challenge at Happy Valley tonight … Yeung represents good value at $14 with a solid quintet of rides. Matthew Chadwick has even less rides (four), but two are strong chances …"
Coxie, Coxie, Coxie, a word in your shell-like. Never, ever attempt to use Latin again.
Try English, mate! Or, then again, just stick to whatever language that is you're using.
Try English, mate! Or, then again, just stick to whatever language that is you're using.
6 comments:
Its not Latin.
The word may have entered English from French or Italian - opinion is divided - but it's from the Latin 'quintus'. Quite the family resemblance, you will note.
"Less rides", or "fewer"?
Foamie, at least Coxie didn't write 'lesser'.
The Racing Post went down hill after the Bell brothers left. Murray Bell in particular had a style reminiscent of a breathless Sixth Former writing for the school mag. Coxie tipped four winners in his selections at the Valley last night.
Maxie
That's pretty impressive, Maxie. Only got 3 myself, but the final pick came in at 8-1, so I can't complain.
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