Wednesday, February 05, 2003
At the risk of appearing unduly epizootic, I must query the premise of Anna's fascinating piece on the Childnet awards. Are the kids alright (the hideously ironic titoe of the album by the Who), or are the kids, conversely, all right (the English usage)?

It's a tricky one. Go for accuracy and you betray the reference, go for fidelity and it's epizootic time. Fortunately, there exists an easy fix for this; Julie Burchill chose "The Kids are All Right" as the title for one of her articles. Where all else is equal, Julie Burchill is wrong. QED.


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