This is sensible.
I do wish, though, that one of our top British experts hadn't recently referred to our reaching the peak of the plateau.
Still, if they can get the science right then I'll very willingly forgive them for not being able to speak English.
Word To Use Today: plateau. This word comes from French, from the Old French plat, which means flat. Before that the Greek word platus meant flat, too.
Lasithi Plateau with peaks behind. Photo by JennyLisitsa via Wikimedia Commons
Plateau is basically the same word as plate - even though, as you'll have noticed, plates are actually more valley-shaped than flat.
This is a good thing because otherwise, obviously, you'd get soup in your lap.
He probably meant to convey we were at the middle of the plateau. A plateau can have a middle. can't it?
ReplyDeleteHello Beeman, welcome and thanks for your comment. Yes, a plateau can have a middle, and I'm sure you're right and that's exactly what the man meant. The idea of a plateau with a peak still made me laugh, though!
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