I like the idea that Guardian readers can be expected to know that strawberry leaves are associated with dukes. Yes, it pleases me too. I think that some groups of setters (and the Guardian ones are among them) assume particular sorts of knowledge, some of which is reasonably obscure. Heraldry occasionally turns up ("or" for gold is quite a common one), as do Shakespearean references ("prince" can often mean "hal", "king" is sometimes "lear", and so on) and chemical symbols ("au" for gold, "ag" for silver and so on).
Is the choice of daily newspaper inherited? In my case, no - my parents were Telegraph readers, but I tend to favour the Guardian (although we tend only to buy it at the weekend). This might have something to do with me having not inherited my parents' political views, of course.
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Yes, it pleases me too. I think that some groups of setters (and the Guardian ones are among them) assume particular sorts of knowledge, some of which is reasonably obscure. Heraldry occasionally turns up ("or" for gold is quite a common one), as do Shakespearean references ("prince" can often mean "hal", "king" is sometimes "lear", and so on) and chemical symbols ("au" for gold, "ag" for silver and so on).
Is the choice of daily newspaper inherited?
In my case, no - my parents were Telegraph readers, but I tend to favour the Guardian (although we tend only to buy it at the weekend). This might have something to do with me having not inherited my parents' political views, of course.