Paul McDevitt
Surely you’re gherkin?
HAVING been forced to digest a year’s worth of political turmoil in just five weeks, British citizens will welcome Parliament’s summer recess – traditionally a period when newspapers struggle to fill their pages and lightweight stories dominate the headlines. In the UK, this is known as the “silly season”, but Feedback notes that many countries – among them Denmark, Iceland, Germany, Poland and Norway – refer to it as ““.
Although the UK has certainly been left in a pickle this summer, we can’t help but wonder about the provenance of this phrase. Can any of our readers…
