Thursday 31 May 2012

Gopher or gofer??

Melvyn Bragg, of all people, on Ken Russell in The Times in November, wrote: 'I worked as his gopher for about a year'.  Hmmmmm, so Ken employed rodents did he?  The word admittedly a neologism, but it's 'gofer' (from 'go for', 'go fetch this, go for that').











Editing Matters : Mar/Apr 2012 p6

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